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Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn

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לָשׁוֹן
Transliteration
lāšôn
Pronunciation
law-shone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1131a

Strong’s Definitions

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H3956 in the following manner: tongue (98x), language (10x), bay (3x), wedge (2x), babbler (1x), flame (1x), speaker (with H376) (1x), talkers (1x).

  1. tongue

    1. tongue (of men)

      1. tongue (literal)

      2. tongue (organ of speech)

    2. language

    3. tongue (of animals)

    4. tongue (of fire)

    5. wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
STRONGS H3956: Abbreviations
† לָשׁוֺן noun masculineJoshua 7:29 and (more often) feminineIsaiah 28:11 tongue (Late Hebrew id.; also Assyrian lišânu; Arabic bdb054604; Ethiopic bdb054605; Aramaic H3961 לִשָּׁן, לִישָּׁן, bdb054606 (all li-); Zinjirli לשן DHMSendsch. 59); — absolute ל׳ Exodus 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁן Joshua 15:2; construct לְשׁוֺן Joshua 7:21 +; suffix לְשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֺ Exodus 11:7 + 2 times; לְשׁוֺנוֺ Judges 7:5; Esther 1:22; לְשׁוֺנְךָ Psalm 34:14; לְשׁוֺנְכֶם Isaiah 59:3, etc.; plural לְשֹׁנוֺת absolute Psalm 31:21; Isaiah 66:18; construct Zechariah 8:23; suffix לְשֹׁנֹתָם Genesis 10:20, 31; —
1. tongue of men,
a. used in lapping Judges 7:5; cleaving to the palate (חֵק), in thirst Lamentations 4:4, so as to produce dumbness Job 29:10 (|| קוֺל נֶחְבָּא), Psalm 137:6; Ezekiel 3:26 (|| נֶאֱלַם); cleaving to jaws (מַלְקוֺחַ) Psalm 22:16; בַּצָּמָא נָשָׁ֑תָּה ל׳ Isaiah 41:17 their tongue for thirst is parched; תִּמַּק בְּפִיהֶם לְ׳ Zechariah 14:12 (of י׳'s judgment); a choice morsel is held תַּחַת ל׳ Job 20:12 (figurative of mischief), compare Psalm 10:7 (ready to be uttered), Psalm 66:17 (|| פֶּה), Songs 4:11.
b. usually as organ of speech, both good and bad (especially Psalms, Proverbs, often ||פֶּה, שָׂפָה); — כְּבַד ל׳ Exodus 4:10 (J) heavy of tongue; מַעֲנֵה ל׳ Proverbs 16:1, מִלָּתוֺ עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2, compare Proverbs 31:26; Psalm 139:4 (בִּל׳), הֲיֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֺנִי עַוְלָה Job 6:30; מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד ל׳ Proverbs 18:21, compare Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 25:15; of (false) prophets, הַלֹּקְהִים ל׳ Jeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking, בֶּר Di — בִחִכִּי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי Job 33:2; Psalm 12:4; Psalm 37:30; compare (Jeremiah 9:7 below and) ֗֗֗ תְּמַהֵר ל׳ לְדַבֵּר Isaiah 32:4, לְשׁוֺנִי עֵט סֹפֵר מָהִיר Psalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of הָגָה Isaiah 59:3; Job 27:4; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:24; subject of נִשְׁבַּע Isaiah 45:23; תִּהַלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ ל׳ Psalm 73:9; of hostile speech, insolence, etc., Joshua 10:21 (J E; object of I. חָרַץ which see, compare 3 below), Jeremiah 18:18; Isaiah 3:8; זַעַם ל׳ Hosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now), חֶרֶב חַדָּה ל׳ Psalm 57:6, compare Psalm 64:4; כְּמוֺ נָחָשׁ שָֽׁנְנוּ ל׳ Psalm 140:4; תָּקוּם אִתָּךְ כָּללֿ׳ Isaiah 54:17; הֶאֱרִיךְ ל׳ Isaiah 57:4; further, Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (הֶחֱלִיק), without בְּ, Psalm 5:10; Proverbs 28:33, compare נָכְרִיָּה חֶלְקַת לָ׳ Proverbs 6:24;. of falsehood Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare לושֵׁן) רָגַל עַללֿ׳ Psalm 15:3, אִישׁ לָשׁוֺן Psalm 140:12, compare סָ֑תֶר לְ׳ Proverbs 25:33; חָטָא בְּל׳ Psalm 39:2; compare Psalm 64:9 (text dubious, see Hup Che Bae); moral qualities ascribed to: — as arrogant Psalm 12:5 (compare Psalm 12:4 above); as devising injuries, הַוּוֺת תַּחְשֹׁב ל׳ Psalm 52:4, compare הַוֺת לְ׳ Proverbs 17:4; תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָה ל׳ Psalm 50:19 nectere fraudem; מֵרָ֑ע נְצֹר ל׳ Psalm 34:14 ׅ || (וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה; often of lying tongue: לְשׁוֺן שֶׁקֶר Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:19; Proverbs 21:6; Proverbs 26:28; Psalm 109:2; מִרְמָה לְ׳ Psalm 52:6; רְמִיָּה לָ׳ Micah 6:12; Psalm 120:2; Psalm 120:3; תַּרְמִית לְ׳ Zephaniah 3:13; תַּהְפֻּכוֹת לְ׳ Proverbs 10:31, and בִּל׳ נֶהְפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20; עֲרוּמִים ל׳Job 15:5; also מִרְמָה דִּבֵּ֑ר ל׳ Jeremiah 9:7; on the other hand צַדִּיק לְ׳ Proverbs 10:20; חֲכָמִים ל׳ Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 15:2; לָ׳ מַרְפֵּה מַרְמֵּה לָ׳ Proverbs 15:4; לִמּוּדִים לְ׳ Isaiah 50:4. — Note phrases שׁוֺט ל׳ Job 5:21 scourge of (the) tongue, רִיב לְשֹׁנוֺת Psalm 31:21; לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג Psalm 55:10: also בַּעַל הַלּ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and וַתֵּעֲלוּ עַלשְֿׂפַת ל׳ Ezekiel 36:3. — On tongue of י׳ (once), see 4 below.
†c. organ of singing, subject of רָנַן Psalm 51:16; Psalm 126:2; Isaiah 35:6, עָנָה Psalm 119:172.
2. = language Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 5:15 and later, namely: Ezekiel 3:5, 6 (כִּבְדֵי ל׳, || עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה, but strike out Greek Version of the LXX Manuscripts Co SgfrKauAT), Isaiah 28:11 (|| אַחֶרֶת ל׳, לַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה, figurative of י׳'s unintelligible dealings); עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג ל׳ Isaiah 33:19 (|| עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה); Isaiah 66:18 (|| גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 8:23; Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 (all P), Nehemiah 13:24; Esther 1:22 (twice in verse); Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:4.
3. tongue of animals: dog Exodus 11:7 (J; object of I. חָרַץ which see; compare 1b), Psalm 68:24; adder Job 20:16 (subjectof תַּהֲרֹג); crocodile Job 40:25.
4. tongue of fire, devouring, כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24; compare of י׳, וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָ֑לֶת Isaiah 30:27 (|| שְׂפָתָיו מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם).
5. = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold Joshua 7:21, 24 (JE). **So Assyrian lišânu; see MeissnZAW xxlii {1905}, 151 f. JohnsAssyrian Deeds 2, 281.
6. = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea Isaiah 11:15; Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19 (all P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 11:7; 11:7

Deuteronomy

28:49

Joshua

7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 10:21; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19

Judges

7:5; 7:5

2 Samuel

23:2; 23:2

Nehemiah

13:24

Esther

1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 8:9

Job

5:21; 6:30; 15:5; 20:12; 20:16; 27:4; 29:10; 33:2

Psalms

5:10; 10:7; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 15:3; 22:16; 31:21; 31:21; 34:14; 34:14; 35:28; 37:30; 39:2; 45:2; 50:19; 51:16; 52:4; 52:6; 55:10; 57:6; 64:4; 64:9; 66:17; 68:24; 71:24; 73:9; 78:36; 109:2; 119:172; 120:2; 120:3; 126:2; 137:6; 139:4; 140:4; 140:12

Proverbs

6:17; 6:24; 10:20; 10:31; 12:18; 12:19; 15:2; 15:4; 16:1; 17:4; 17:20; 18:21; 21:6; 21:23; 25:15; 26:28; 31:26

Ecclesiastes

10:11

Song of Songs

4:11

Isaiah

3:8; 5:24; 11:15; 28:11; 28:11; 30:27; 32:4; 33:19; 35:6; 41:17; 45:23; 50:4; 54:17; 57:4; 59:3; 59:3; 66:18; 66:18

Jeremiah

5:15; 9:2; 9:4; 9:7; 9:7; 18:18; 23:31

Lamentations

4:4

Ezekiel

3:5; 3:6; 3:26; 36:3

Daniel

1:4

Hosea

7:16

Micah

6:12

Zephaniah

3:13

Zechariah

8:23; 8:23; 14:12

H3956

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Strong's Number H3956 matches the Hebrew לָשׁוֹן (lāšôn),
which occurs 117 times in 115 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Psa 71:24–Jer 9:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:9 - They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:36 - But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:2 - For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:172

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:172 - My tongue will sing of your word,
for all your commandments are right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:2 - Deliver me, O LORD,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:3 - What shall be given to you,
and what more shall be done to you,
you deceitful tongue?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 126:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 - Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“The LORD has done great things for them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:6 - Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 - Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:3 - They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,
and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17 - haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 - to preserve you from the evil woman,[fn]
from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:31 - The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18 - There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 - Truthful lips endure forever,
but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 - The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:4 - A gentle[fn] tongue is a tree of life,
but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1 - The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:20 - A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:23 - Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:15 - With patience a ruler may be persuaded,
and a soft tongue will break a bone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 - A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:26 - She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:11 - If the serpent bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
honey and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD,
defying his glorious presence.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will be as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts,
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD will utterly destroy[fn]
the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over the River[fn]
with his scorching breath,[fn]
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:11 - For by people of strange lips
and with a foreign tongue
the LORD will speak to this people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;[fn]
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:4 - The heart of the hasty will understand and know,
and the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak distinctly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:19 - You will see no more the insolent people,
the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:6 - then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
For waters break forth in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 - When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the LORD will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - By myself I have sworn;
from my mouth has gone out in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
‘To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear allegiance.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:4 - The Lord GOD has given me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with a word
him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:17 - no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed,
and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD
and their vindication[fn] from me, declares the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Whom are you mocking?
Against whom do you open your mouth wide
and stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of transgression,
the offspring of deceit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “For I know[fn] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[fn] to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - Behold, I am bringing against you
a nation from afar, O house of Israel,
declares the LORD.
It is an enduring nation;
it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
nor can you understand what they say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[fn] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know me, declares the LORD.

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