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Lexicon :: Strong's H2372 - ḥāzâ

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חָזָה
Transliteration
ḥāzâ
Pronunciation
khaw-zaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 633

Strong’s Definitions

חָזָה châzâh, khaw-zaw'; a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of:—behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H2372 in the following manner: see (38x), behold (7x), look (3x), prophesy (2x), provide (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H2372 in the following manner: see (38x), behold (7x), look (3x), prophesy (2x), provide (1x).

  1. to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide

    1. (Qal)

      1. to see, behold

      2. to see as a seer in the ecstatic state

      3. to see, perceive

        1. with the intelligence

        2. to see (by experience)

        3. to provide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָזָה châzâh, khaw-zaw'; a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of:—behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
STRONGS H2372: Abbreviations
† I. חָזָה verb (almost wholly in poetry) see, behold (Aramaic azo, חֲוָא, see, perceive with the eyes; Palmyrene Ethp. אתחזי ＝ ἔδοξεν ReckendZMG, 1888, 397; Arabic حَزَى, perceive with the inner vision, only; حَازٍ astronomer, astrologer) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Psalm 58:11 + 6 times; חָזִיתָ Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 29:30; חָזִית Isaiah 57:8; חֶזִיתִי Job 15:17; חֲזִיתִךָ Psalm 63:3 [Psalm 63:2]; שָחזוּ Job 24:1 + 5 times; חֲוִיתֶם Job 27:12; Ezekiel 13:7, 8; Imperfect יֶחֱוֶה Numbers 24:4 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular וְתַ֫חַז Micah 4:11; 2nd person masculine singular תֶּחֱזֶה Exodus 18:21; 1st person singular אֶחֱזֶה Psalm 17:15 + 4 times; אָ֫חַז Job 23:9; plural יֶחֱזוּ Isaiah 26:11 + 4 times; יֶחֱזָי֑וּן Isaiah 26:11; תֶּחְוֶ֫ינָה Isaiah 33:17 + 2 times; תֶּתֱזוּ Isaiah 30:10; Cant 7:1; 1st person plural וְנֶחֱזֶה Songs 7:1; Imperative חֲזֵה Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 48:6; חֲזוּ Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 30:10; Infinitive construct. חֲזוֺת Psalm 27:4; Ezekiel 21:34; Participle חֹזֶה Ezekiel 12:27; plural חֹזִים Isaiah 47:13; Ezekiel 13:9, 16; Ezekiel 22:28. (All other participle forms are used as nouns, see חֹזֶה.)
1. see, behold:
a. with the eye, accusative of thing Psalm 58:9; Psalm 58:11; Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 29:20; Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 57:8; God in theophany Exodus 24:11 (JE); God, after death, apart from the flesh Job 19:26, 27; the face of God Psalm 11:7; Psalm 17:15 (after death).
b. subj. the eyes themselves; man's eyes: תֶּחֱזֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ thine eyes will behold Isaiah 33:17; also of God's eyes: Psalm 11:4; Psalm 17:2.
c. with בְּ look on (intensely, with gratification); a damsel Songs 7:1 (twice in verse); Zion Micah 4:11; נֹעַם י׳ in the temple Psalm 27:4; the work of God Job 36:25; with investigation בַּכּוֺכָבִים on the stars, as stargazers, in astrology Isaiah 47:13.
2. see as a seer in the ecstatic state, with accusative of the vision seen: חזון Isaiah 1:1; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 13:16; מחזה Numbers 24:4, 16 (J E; poetry, Balaam); מחזה שׁוא Ezekiel 13:7; משּׂא Isaiah 13:1; Habakkuk 1:1; משׂאות שׁוא Lamentations 2:14; שׁוא Ezekiel 13:6, 9, 23; Ezekiel 21:34 [Ezekiel 21:29]; Ezekiel 22:28; Lamentations 2:14; כזב Ezekiel 13:8; שֶׁקֶר Zechariah 10:2; object deceitful things Isaiah 30:10; (ים)דברׅ Isaiah 2:1; Amos 1:1; Micah 1:1; with לְ be a seer, for any one Isaiah 30:10; see a vision for one Lamentations 2:14 (twice in verse).
3. see, perceive:
a. with the intelligence, absolute Job 34:32; Proverbs 24:32; accusative of thing Isaiah 48:6; Yahweh in his temple Psalm 63:3 [Psalm 63:2]; in his providential workings Job 23:9; Psalm 46:9; Isaiah 26:11 (twice in verse).
b. see, by experience absolute Job 27:12; accusative of thing Job 15:17; Job 24:1.
c. provide, תחזה מכל העם אנשׁי חיל Exodus 18:21 provide from all the people men of ability (E).
Note. — בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶתֱזֶה Job 8:17 is difficult: RV renders he (it) beholdeth the place of stones (the root of the plant personified) Hengst, compare Reuss and others after Syriac Version Targum. Other renderings are: pierceth (compare חָזַז) Bö Ew Hi (יְחַזֶּה), Di De MV; between the stones it liveth (יִחְיֶה) Greek Version of the LXX Siegf.

Biblical Aramaic

† חֲזָה verb see, behold (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ח׳ Daniel 4:20 [Daniel 4:23]; Daniel 5:1; 2nd person masculine singular תֲוַיְתָ Daniel 2:43 +, תָה- Daniel 2:41 (twice in verse); 1st person singular חֲזֵית Daniel 2:46 +; 2nd person masculine plural תֲוֵיתוּן Daniel 2:8;
Pe. Infinitive מְֶָחֱזֵז֑א Ezra 4:14; Participle active חָוֵה Daniel 2:31 + 14 times; plural חָוַיִן Daniel 3:27; Daniel 5:23; passive חֲוֵה Daniel 3:19; —
1. see, have sense: of sight Daniel 5:23.
2. see, behold:
a. accusative of person Daniel 3:25, with ל Daniel 3:27, accusative of thing Daniel 5:5.
b. see, witness dishonour of king (accusative) Ezra 4:14.
3. usually behold in dream or vision (often participle in periphrastic conjugation), accusative of person, Ezra 4:20, accusative of thing Ezra 2:41. Ezra 2:41. Ezra 2:43; Ezra 4:17, absolute Ezra 2:34; Ezra 7:4. Ezra 7:7. Ezra 7:9. Ezra 7:11. Ezra 7:11. Ezra 7:21, + אֲלוּ Ezra 2:31; Ezra 4:7. Ezra 4:10, אֲרוּ Ezra 7:2. Ezra 7:6. Ezra 7:13; with object clause Ezra 2:8. Ezra 2:45; behold a dream, accusative חֵלֶם, Ezra 2:26; Ezra 4:2; Ezra 6:15; Ezra 7:1.
4. passive＝customary (seemly) Daniel 3:19 (so Targum Leviticus 5:10 and elsewhere, see Dr).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

18:21; 18:21; 24:11

Leviticus

5:10

Numbers

24:4; 24:4; 24:16

Ezra

2:8; 2:26; 2:31; 2:34; 2:41; 2:41; 2:43; 2:45; 4:2; 4:7; 4:10; 4:14; 4:14; 4:17; 4:20; 6:15; 7:1; 7:2; 7:4; 7:6; 7:7; 7:9; 7:11; 7:11; 7:13; 7:21

Job

8:17; 15:17; 15:17; 19:26; 19:27; 23:9; 23:9; 24:1; 24:1; 27:12; 27:12; 34:32; 36:25

Psalms

11:4; 11:7; 17:2; 17:15; 17:15; 27:4; 27:4; 46:9; 46:9; 58:9; 58:11; 58:11; 63:2; 63:2

Proverbs

22:29; 22:29; 24:32; 29:20

Song of Songs

7:1; 7:1; 7:1

Isaiah

1:1; 2:1; 13:1; 26:11; 26:11; 26:11; 30:10; 30:10; 30:10; 30:10; 33:17; 33:17; 33:20; 33:20; 47:13; 47:13; 48:6; 48:6; 57:8; 57:8

Lamentations

2:14; 2:14; 2:14

Ezekiel

12:27; 12:27; 13:6; 13:7; 13:7; 13:8; 13:8; 13:9; 13:9; 13:16; 13:16; 13:23; 21:29; 22:28; 22:28

Daniel

2:8; 2:31; 2:41; 2:43; 2:46; 3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:27; 3:27; 4:20; 4:23; 5:1; 5:5; 5:23; 5:23

Amos

1:1

Micah

1:1; 4:11; 4:11

Habakkuk

1:1

Zechariah

10:2

H2372

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2372 matches the Hebrew חָזָה (ḥāzâ),
which occurs 51 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - “Furthermore, you shall [fn]select H2372 out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, [fn]of hundreds, [fn]of fifties and [fn]of tens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw H2372 God, and they ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 - The oracle of him who hears the [fn]words of God,
Who sees H2372 the vision of [fn]the Almighty,
Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - The oracle of him who hears the [fn]words of God,
And knows the knowledge of the [fn]Most High,
Who sees H2372 the vision of [fn]the Almighty,
Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - “His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He [fn]grasps a house of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:17 - “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen H2372 I will also declare;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:26 - “Even after my skin [fn]is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see H2372 God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:27 - Whom I [fn]myself shall behold, H2372
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My [fn]heart faints [fn]within me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - When He acts on the left, I cannot behold H2372 Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - “Why are [fn]times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see H2372 His days?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - “Behold, all of you have seen H2372 it;
Why then do you [fn]act foolishly?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:32 - Teach me what I do not see; H2372
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:25 - “All men have seen H2372 it;
Man beholds from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in His holy temple; the [fn]LORD’S throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, H2372 His eyelids test the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 - For the LORD is righteous, He loves [fn]righteousness;
The upright will behold H2372 His face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:2 - Let my [fn]judgment come forth from Your presence;
Let Your eyes look H2372 with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - As for me, I shall behold H2372 Your face in righteousness;
I will be satisfied [fn]with Your likeness when I awake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To behold H2372 the [fn]beauty of the LORD
And to [fn]meditate in His temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:8 - Come, behold H2372 the works of the LORD,
[fn]Who has wrought desolations in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - Let them be as a snail which [fn]melts away as it goes along,
Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see H2372 the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The righteous will rejoice when he sees H2372 the vengeance;
He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:2 - Thus I have seen H2372 You in the sanctuary,
To see Your power and Your glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - Do you see H2372 a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 - When I saw, H2372 I [fn]reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see H2372 a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:13 - “[fn][fn]Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
Come back, come back, that we may gaze H2372 at you!”
“[fn]Why should you gaze H2372 at the Shulammite,
As at the dance of [fn]the two companies?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:1 - The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw H2372 during the [fn]reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:1 - The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw H2372 concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:1 - The [fn]oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. H2372

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see H2372 it.
[fn]They see H2372 Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, [fn]fire will devour Your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:10 - Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy H2372 to us what is right,
Speak to us [fn]pleasant words,
Prophesy H2372 illusions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:17 - Your eyes will see H2372 the King in His beauty;
They will behold a far-distant land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look H2372 upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation,
A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - “You have heard; look H2372 at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you new things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:8 - “Behind the door and the doorpost
You have set up your sign;
Indeed, far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself,
And have gone up and made your bed wide.
And you have made an agreement for yourself with them,
You have loved their [fn]bed,
You have looked H2372 on their [fn]manhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Your prophets have seen H2372 for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have seen H2372 for you false and misleading [fn]oracles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees H2372 is for many [fn]years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - “They see H2372 [fn]falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The LORD declares,’ when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - “Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, ‘The LORD declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have spoken [fn]falsehood and seen H2372 a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore, you women will no longer see [fn]false visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see H2372 for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the [fn]punishment of the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 - The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he [fn]envisioned H2372 in visions H2372 concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 - The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw H2372 concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:11 - “And now many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes [fn]gloat H2372 over Zion.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:1 - The [fn]oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw. H2372

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the teraphim speak [fn]iniquity,
And the diviners see H2372 [fn]lying visions
And tell false dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people [fn]wander like sheep,
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
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