Lexicon :: Strong's H6555 - pāraṣ

Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the LORD [fn]under the supervision of Eli. The word of the LORD was rare and precious in those days; visions [that is, new revelations of divine truth] were not widespread.

He went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke through the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities near Ashdod and [elsewhere] among the Philistines.

[fn]But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches were being closed, they were very angry.

“He attacks me, making wound after wound;

He runs at me like a warrior.

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,

[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;

They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] “The Lily of the Testimony.” A Mikhtam of David [intended to record memorable thoughts and] to teach; when he struggled with the Arameans of Mesopotamia and the Arameans of Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;

You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

Why have You broken down its [fn]walls and hedges,

So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

You have broken down all his [city] walls;

You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices,

And a plague broke out among them.

Then your barns will be abundantly filled

And your vats will overflow with new wine.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls [leaving it unprotected]

Is a man who has no self-control over his spirit [and sets himself up for trouble].

A time to kill and a time to heal;

A time to tear down and a time to build up.

He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.

“So now let me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:

I will take away its thorn-hedge, and it will be burned up;

I will break down its [fn]stone wall and it will be trampled down [by enemies].

“For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

And your descendants will take possession of nations

And will inhabit deserted cities.

There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;

They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.

They will eat, but not have enough;

They will play the prostitute, but not increase [their descendants],

Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD.

“The [fn]breaker [the Messiah, who opens the way] shall go up before them [liberating them].

They will break out, pass through the gate and go out;

So their King goes on before them,

The LORD at their head.”