Lexicon :: Strong's H369 - 'în

From the sole of the foot even to the head

There is nothing healthy in the nation’s body,

Only bruises, welts, and raw wounds,

Not pressed out or bandaged,

Nor softened with oil [as a remedy].

“So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],

I will hide My eyes from you;

Yes, even though you offer many prayers,

I will not be listening.

Your hands are full of blood!

For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies

And like a garden that has no water.

Their land has also been filled with silver and gold

And there is no end to their treasures;

Their land has also been filled with horses

And there is no end to their chariots.

He will protest on that day, saying,

“I will not be a [fn]governor;

For in my house there is neither bread nor clothing;

You should not make me a judge and ruler of the people.”

In my ears the LORD of hosts said, “Be assured that many houses will become desolate,

Even great and beautiful ones will be unoccupied.

No one among them is weary or stumbles,

No one slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the belt at their waist undone [as if unprepared for action],

Nor is the strap of their sandal broken.

Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar like young lions;

They growl and seize their prey

And carry it off and there is no one to save it.

Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,

“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,

And houses are without people

And the land is utterly desolate,

There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace,

[He shall rule] on the throne of David and over his kingdom,

To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness

From that time forward and forevermore.

The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

And like the hunted gazelle,

Or like sheep that no man gathers,

Each [foreign resident] will turn [and go back] to his own people,

And each one flee to his own land.

“Howl, O gate; cry, O city!

Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;

For smoke comes out of the north,

And there is no straggler in his ranks and no one stands detached [in Hezekiah’s battalions].

“The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are deserted;

They will be [only a refuge] for flocks to lie down in,

And there will be no one to make them afraid.

At evening time, now look, sudden terror!

Before [fn]morning the Assyrians are no more.

This is the portion (fate) of those who plunder us,

And the lot of those who pillage us.

The meadows by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile,

And all the sown fields of the Nile

Will become dry, be blown away, and be no more.

“Then I will set on his shoulder the key of the house of David;

When he opens no one will shut,

When he shuts no one will open.

Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish;

There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre].

“I have no wrath.

Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle,

I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.

You will no longer see the fierce and insolent people,

A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends,

Of a strange and stammering tongue which no one understands.

The burning will not be quenched night or day;

Its smoke will go up forever.

From generation to generation it will lie in ruins;

No one will ever again pass through it.

Its nobles—there is no one there

Whom they may proclaim king—

And all its princes will be nothing.

And [the forests of] Lebanon cannot supply sufficient fuel to start a fire,

Nor are its wild beasts enough for a burnt offering [worthy of the LORD].

It is He who reduces dignitaries to nothing,

Who makes the judges (rulers) of the earth meaningless (useless).

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth

Does not become tired or grow weary;

There is no searching of His understanding.

“Indeed, all those who are angry with you will be put to shame and humiliated;

Those who strive against you will be as nothing and will perish.

“The poor and needy are seeking water, but there is none;

Their tongues are parched with thirst.

I, the LORD, will answer them Myself;

I, the God of Israel, will not neglect them.

Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,

And your work is worthless;

The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.

Who [among the idols] has declared this from the beginning, so that we could know?

Or from earlier times, so that we could say, “He is [unquestionably] right!”?

In fact, there was no one who declared it,

Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it;

There was no one at all who heard you speak [for you pagan gods are speechless].

“But when I look [on the pagan prophets and priests], there is no one [who could predict these events],

And there is no counselor [fn]among them,

Who, if I ask, can give an answer.

But this is a people despoiled and plundered;

All of them are trapped in holes,

Or are hidden away in prisons.

They have become a prey with no one to rescue them,

And a spoil, with no one to say, “Give them back!”

“I, [only] I, am the LORD,

And there is no Savior besides Me.

“For the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts says this,

‘I am the First and I am the Last;

And there is no God besides Me.

‘Do not tremble nor be afraid [of the violent upheavals to come];

Have I not long ago proclaimed it to you and declared it?

And you are My witnesses.

Is there a God besides Me?

There is no other Rock;

I know of none.’”

The ironsmith shapes iron and uses a chisel and works it over the coals. He forms the [idol’s] core with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He also becomes hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and grows tired.

“I am the LORD, and there is no one else;

There is no God except Me.

I will embrace and arm you, though you have not known Me,

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—

A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!

Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’

Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?

For this is what the LORD says,

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush (ancient Ethiopia)

And the Sabeans, men of stature,

Will come over to you and they will be yours;

They will walk behind you, in chains [of subjection to you] they will come over,

And they will bow down before you;

They will make supplication to you, [humbly and earnestly] saying,

[fn]‘Most certainly God is with you, and there is no other,

No other God [besides Him].’”

For the LORD, who created the heavens [fn](He is God, who formed the earth and made it; He established it and did not create it to be a wasteland, but formed it to be inhabited) says this,

“I am the LORD, and there is no one else.

“Declare and present your defense of idols;

Indeed, let them consult together.

Who announced this [rise of Cyrus and his conquests] long before it happened?

Who declared it long ago?

Was it not I, the LORD?

And there is no other God besides Me,

A [consistently and uncompromisingly] just and righteous God and a Savior;

There is none except Me.

“Remember [carefully] the former things [which I did] from ages past;

For I am God, and there is no one else;

I am God, and there is no one like Me,