Lexicon :: Strong's H2220 - zᵊrôaʿ

The ironworker labors over the coals,

shapes the idol with hammers,

and works it with his strong arm.

Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;

he doesn’t drink water and is faint.

“All of you, assemble and listen!

Who among the idols[fn] has declared these things?

The LORD loves him;[fn]

he will accomplish his will against Babylon,

and his arm will be against the Chaldeans.

My righteousness is near,

my salvation appears,

and my arms will bring justice to the nations.

The coasts and islands will put their hope in me,

and they will look to my strength.[fn]

The LORD has displayed his holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.

Who has believed what we have heard?[fn]

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

He saw that there was no man —

he was amazed that there was no one interceding;

so his own arm brought salvation,

and his own righteousness supported him.

The LORD has sworn with his right hand

and his strong arm:

I will no longer give your grain

to your enemies for food,

and foreigners will not drink the new wine

for which you have labored.

I looked, but there was no one to help,

and I was amazed that no one assisted;

so my arm accomplished victory for me,

and my wrath assisted me.

This is what the LORD says:

Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind.

He makes human flesh his strength,

and his heart turns from the LORD.

“I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, with anger, fury, and intense wrath.

“By my great strength and outstretched arm, I made the earth, and the people, and animals on the face of the earth. I give it to anyone I please.[fn]

“Oh, Lord GOD! You yourself made the heavens and earth by your great power and with your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you!

“Moab’s horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“Face the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: I am against your magic bands with which you ensnare people like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.

“You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it flourish? Will he not tear out its roots and strip off its fruit so that it shrivels? All its fresh leaves will wither! Great strength and many people will not be needed to pull it from its roots.

As I live ​— ​the declaration of the Lord GOD ​— ​I will reign over you with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath.

“ ‘Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged ​— ​no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword.

“They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies[fn][fn] they had lived in its shade among the nations.

His body was like beryl,[fn] his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

“After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. She will not retain power, and his strength will not endure. She will be given up, together with her entourage, her father,[fn] and the one who supported her during those times.

I trained and strengthened their arms,

but they plot evil against me.

It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,

taking them[fn] by the hand,[fn]

but they never knew that I healed them.

“Woe to the worthless shepherd

who deserts the flock!

May a sword strike[fn] his arm

and his right eye!

May his arm wither away

and his right eye go completely blind! ”