Lexicon :: Strong's H5643 - sēṯer

“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or [fn]the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as [precious to you as] your own life (soul), entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (gods whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved or cast image (idol), a repulsive thing to the LORD, the work of the hands of the artisan, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

‘Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,

And drank the wine of their drink offering?

Let them rise up and help you,

Let them be your hiding place!

“He will surely reprimand you

If you secretly show partiality.

‘Thick clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see,

And He walks on the vault (circle) of the heavens.’

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,

Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’

And he covers his face.

And my heart became secretly enticed [by them],

And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],

“He lies down under the lotus plants,

In the hidden shelter of the reeds in the marsh.

He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,

The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock.

In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;

You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.

You are my hiding place; You, LORD, protect me from trouble;

You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah.

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;

Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.

“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;

I answered you in the secret place of thunder;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

He who [fn]dwells in the shelter of the Most High

Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;

The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

You are my hiding place and my shield;

I wait for Your word.

My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was being formed in secret,

And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

“Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden];

And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

A gift in secret subdues anger,

And a bribe [hidden] in the pocket, strong wrath.

The north wind brings forth rain;

And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

(The Bridegroom)

“O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock,

In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway,

Let me see your face,

Let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet,

And your face is lovely.”

“Let our outcasts of Moab live among you;

Be a [sheltered] hiding place to them from the destroyer.”

For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,

Oppressors [who trample men] have completely disappeared from the land,

“I will make justice the measuring line

And righteousness the mason’s level;

Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies

And waters will flood over the secret [hiding] place.

Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the wind

And a shelter from the storm,

Like streams of water in a dry land,

Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched and weary land [to those who turn to them].

“I have not spoken in secret,

In a corner of a land of darkness;

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob,

‘Seek Me in vain [with no benefit for yourselves].’

I, the LORD, speak righteousness [the truth—trustworthy, a straightforward correlation between deeds and words],

Declaring things that are upright.

“Come near to Me, listen to this:

From the beginning I have not spoken in secret,

From the time that it happened, I was there.

And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His [Holy] Spirit.”

Zedekiah the king sent and brought him out; and in his palace the king secretly asked him, “Is there any word from the LORD?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”