Lexicon :: Strong's H3816 - lᵊ'ōm

And the LORD said to her:

Two nations are in your womb;

two peoples will come from you and be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other,

and the older will serve the younger.

May peoples serve you

and nations bow in homage to you.

Be master over your relatives;

may your mother’s sons bow in homage to you.

Those who curse you will be cursed,

and those who bless you will be blessed.

Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

Let the assembly of peoples gather around you;

take your seat on high over it.

And he judges the world with righteousness;

he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.

In order to plant them,

you displaced the nations by your hand;

in order to settle them,

you brought disaster on the peoples.

You make us a joke among the nations,

a laughingstock[fn] among the peoples.

He subdues peoples under us

and nations under our feet.

I will praise you, Lord, among the peoples;

I will sing praises to you among the nations.

You silence the roar of the seas,

the roar of their waves,

and the tumult of the nations.

Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,

for you judge the peoples with fairness

and lead the nations on earth.Selah

He gave them the lands of the nations,

and they inherited

what other peoples had worked for.

I will praise you, LORD, among the peoples;

I will sing praises to you among the nations.

kings of the earth and all peoples,

princes and all judges of the earth,

inflicting vengeance on the nations

and punishment on the peoples,

People will curse anyone who hoards grain,

but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.

A large population is a king’s splendor,

but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.

Righteousness exalts a nation,

but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent” —

peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;

Ah! The roar of many peoples —

they roar like the roaring of the seas.

The raging of the nations —

they rage like the rumble of rushing water.

You nations, come here and listen;

you peoples, pay attention!

Let the earth and all that fills it hear,

the world and all that comes from it.

“Be silent before me, coasts and islands!

And let peoples renew their strength.

Let them approach; let them testify;

let’s come together for the trial.

“Because you are precious in my sight

and honored, and I love you,

I will give people in exchange for you

and nations instead of your life.

All the nations are gathered together,

and the peoples are assembled.

Who among them can declare this,

and tell us the former things?

Let them present their witnesses

to vindicate themselves,

so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

Coasts and islands,[fn] listen to me;

distant peoples, pay attention.

The LORD called me before I was born.

He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Pay attention to me, my people,

and listen to me, my nation;

for instruction will come from me,

and my justice for a light to the nations.

I will bring it about quickly.

“Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,

a leader and commander for the peoples,

For look, darkness will cover the earth,

and total darkness the peoples;

but the LORD will shine over you,

and his glory will appear over you.

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,

and her high gates set ablaze.

The peoples will have labored for nothing;

the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.

Is it not from the LORD of Armies

that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire

and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?