Lexicon :: Strong's H4900 - māšaḵ

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and take a lamb for yourselves according to [the size of] your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

“From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down,

After you, Benjamin, with your relatives;

From Machir came down commanders and rulers,

And from Zebulun those who [fn]handle the scepter of the [office of] scribe.

But one man drew a bow at [fn]random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the fight, because I have been seriously wounded.”

“Yet You were patient with them for many years,

And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;

Still they would not [fn]listen.

Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.

“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],

Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],

While countless ones go before him.

“Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;

He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

“[fn]Can you draw out [fn]Leviathan with a fishhook?

Or press down his tongue with a cord?

He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;

He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Do not drag me away with the wicked

And with those who do evil,

Who speak peace with their neighbors,

While malice and mischief are in their hearts.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,

And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.

Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Let there be no one to extend kindness to him,

Nor let anyone be gracious to his fatherless children.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

“Draw me away with you and let us run together!

Let the king bring me into his chambers.”

[fn](The Chorus)

“We will rejoice and be glad in you;

We will remember and extol your love more [sweet and fragrant] than wine.

Rightly do they love you.”

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood,

And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];

[fn]Hyenas will howl in their castles,

And jackals in their luxurious palaces.

Babylon’s time has nearly come,

And her days will not be prolonged.

Which sends ambassadors by the sea,

Even in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters.

Go, swift messengers, to a nation [of people] tall and smooth (clean shaven),

To a people feared far and wide,

A powerful and oppressive nation

Whose land the rivers divide.

At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts

From a people tall and smooth (clean shaven),

From a people feared far and wide,

A powerful and oppressive nation,

Whose land the rivers divide—

To the place [of worship] of the [fn]name of the LORD of hosts, to Mount Zion [in Jerusalem].

The LORD appeared to me ([fn]Israel) from ages past, saying,

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;

Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

“They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She (Egypt) is handed over to the sword; they have drawn her and all her hordes away [to judgment].

On the [special] day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine;

The king stretched out his hand [in association] with scoffers (lawless people).

I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],

And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;

And I bent down to them and fed them.

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,

“When the plowman shall overtake the one who gathers the harvest,

And the one who treads the grapes [shall overtake] him who sows the seed [for the harvest continues until planting time];

When the mountains will drip sweet wine

And all the hills shall melt [that is, everything that was once barren will overflow with streams of blessing].