Lexicon :: Strong's H268 - 'āḥôr

“Dan shall be a [venomous] serpent in the way,

A fanged snake in the path,

That bites the horse’s heels,

So that his rider falls backward.

“From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,

The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,

And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

Now when Joab saw that the battlefront was against him in front and in the rear, he selected some of all the choice men in Israel and set them in battle formation to meet the Arameans (Syrians).

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in the front and in the rear, he chose warriors from all the choice men of Israel and put them in formation against the Arameans (Syrians).

“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there;

I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;

When my enemies turn back,

They stumble and perish before You.

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;

Let those be turned back [in defeat] and humiliated who plot evil against me.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated together

Who seek my life to destroy it;

Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonored

Who delight in my hurt.

You make us turn back from the enemy,

And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

Our heart has not turned back,

Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;

This I know, that God is for me.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated

Who seek my life;

Let them be turned back and humiliated

Who delight in my hurt.

He drove His enemies backward;

He subjected them to lasting shame and dishonor.

The [Red] Sea [fn]looked and fled;

The Jordan turned back.

What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

May all who hate Zion

Be put to shame and turned backward [in defeat].

You have enclosed me behind and before,

And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.

A [shortsighted] fool always loses his temper and displays his anger,

But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.

Ah, sinful nation,

A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],

Offspring of evildoers,

Sons who behave corruptly!

They have abandoned (rejected) the LORD,

They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],

They have turned away from Him.

The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west;

And they devour Israel with gaping jaws.

In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away

But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

Therefore the word of the LORD to them will be [merely monotonous repetitions]:

“Precept upon precept, precept upon precept,

Rule upon rule, rule upon rule,

Here a little, there a little.”

That they may go and stumble backward, and be broken, ensnared, and taken captive.

Tell us the things that are to come afterward,

That we may know that you are gods;

Indeed, you should do something good or do evil, [fn]that we may be afraid and fear [you] together [as we observe the miracle].

Those who trust in carved idols will be turned back,

And utterly put to shame,

Who say to cast images,

“You are our gods.”

Who among you will listen to this?

Who will listen and pay attention in the time to come?

Frustrating the signs and confounding the omens of boasters (false prophets),

Making fools out of [fn]fortune-tellers,

Counteracting the wise

And making their knowledge ridiculous,

The Lord GOD has opened My ear,

And I have not been rebellious

Nor have I turned back.

Justice is pushed back,

And righteous behavior stands far away;

For truth has fallen in the city square,

And [fn]integrity cannot enter.

“You have abandoned (rejected) Me,” says the LORD.

“You keep going backward.

Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;

I am tired of delaying [your punishment]!

“Your close friends

Have prevailed against your better judgment and have overpowered and deceived you;

While your feet were sunk in the mire [of trouble],

They turned back.”

“Why have I seen it?

They are terrified

And have turned back,

And their warriors are beaten down.

They take flight in haste

Without looking back;

Terror is on every side!”

Says the LORD.

Jerusalem sinned greatly;

Therefore she has become an unclean thing [and has been removed].

All who honored her [now] despise her

Because they have seen her nakedness;

Even she herself groans and turns [her face] away.

“From on high He sent fire into my bones,

And it prevailed over them.

He has spread a net for my feet;

He has turned me back.

He has made me desolate and hopelessly miserable,

Faint all the day long.

In fierce anger He has cut off and destroyed

Every [fn]horn of Israel.

He has withdrawn His right hand

From the presence of the enemy.

And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire

Consuming all around.

So He brought me to the inner court of the LORD’S house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the porch (vestibule, portico) and the [bronze] altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing down toward the east and worshiping the sun.