Lexicon :: Strong's H2040 - hāras

“In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow and annihilate those [adversaries] who rise [in rebellion] against You;

You send out Your fury, and it consumes them like chaff.

Now on that same night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down [fn]the Asherah that is beside it;

Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him. And he repaired and rebuilt the [old] altar of the LORD that had been torn down [by Jezebel].

Then it happened at the end of the year, [fn]at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged and devastated the land of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem [with Bathsheba]. Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;

He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,

What can the righteous do?”

Because they have no regard for the works of the LORD

Nor the deeds of His hands,

He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD.

By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,

But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

The wise woman builds her house [on a foundation of godly precepts, and her household thrives],

But the foolish one [who lacks spiritual insight] tears it down with her own hands [by ignoring godly principles].

And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,

And nettles were covering its surface,

And its stone wall was broken down.

The king establishes (stabilizes) the land by justice,

But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.

Who made the world like a wilderness

And overthrew its cities,

Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’

“I will depose you from your office,

And you will be pulled down from your position [of importance].

“Your [fn]builders hurry;

Your destroyers and devastators

Will go away from you.

“See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,

To uproot and break down,

To destroy and to overthrow,

To build and to plant.”

“Raise the battle cry against her on every side!

She has given her hand [in agreement] and has surrendered; her pillars have fallen,

Her walls have been torn down.

For this is the vengeance of the LORD:

Take vengeance on her;

As she has done [to others], do to her.

The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared

All the country places of Jacob.

In His wrath He has thrown down

The strongholds of the Daughter of Judah (Jerusalem).

He has brought them down to the ground [in disgrace];

He has debased the kingdom and its princes.

The LORD has done what He planned;

He has accomplished His word

Which He commanded [fn]from days of old.

He has demolished without sparing,

And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;

He has exalted the power of your enemies.

“A sword will come upon Egypt,

And anguish and trembling will be in Ethiopia (Cush),

When the slain fall in Egypt

And they [of Babylon] carry away her great mass of people and her riches

And her foundations are torn down.

The seeds [of grain] shrivel under the clods,

The storehouses are desolate and empty,

The barns are in ruins

Because the grain is dried up.

“I will cut off the cities of your land

And tear down all your fortifications.