Lexicon :: Strong's H6597 - piṯ'ōm

‘If a man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his dedicated head, then he shall shave his head on the day that he becomes [ceremonially] clean; he shall shave it on the seventh day [the end of the purification period].

“I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering],

But I cursed his dwelling immediately [for his destruction was certain].

“When [His] scourge kills suddenly,

He mocks at the despair of the innocent.

“Therefore snares surround you,

And sudden dread terrifies and overwhelms you;

To shoot from ambush at the blameless [one];

Suddenly they shoot at him, without fear.

But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;

Suddenly they will be wounded.

Do not be afraid of sudden fear

Nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless];

Therefore [the crushing weight of] his disaster will come suddenly upon him;

Instantly he will be broken, and there will be no healing or remedy [because he has no heart for God].

Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],

Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

For their tragedy will rise suddenly,

And who knows the punishment that both [the LORD and the king] will bring on the rebellious?

But the multitude of your enemies [that assault you] will become like fine dust,

And the multitude of the tyrants like the chaff which [fn]blows away;

And it will happen in an instant, suddenly [that your enemy is destroyed].

Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you

Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall,

A bulge in a high wall,

Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

“Therefore disaster will come on you;

You will not know how to make it disappear [with your magic].

And disaster will fall on you

For which you cannot atone [with all your offerings to your gods];

And destruction about which you do not know

Will come on you suddenly.

“I have declared the former things [which happened to Israel] in times past;

They went forth from My mouth and I proclaimed them;

Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another,

For the whole land is devastated;

Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed,

My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.

O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah],

Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes;

Mourn [aloud] as for an only son,

A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret],

For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].

“I will make their widows more numerous before Me

Than the sand of the seas;

I will bring against them, against the mother of the young men,

A [fn]destroyer at noonday;

I will suddenly cause anguish and terror

To fall on her.

Let an outcry be heard from their houses

When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them,

For they have dug a pit to capture me

And have hidden snares for my feet.

Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered!

Wail for her [if you care to]!

Get balm for her [incurable] pain;

Perhaps she may be healed.

“Behold, I am going to send My [fn]messenger, and he will prepare and clear the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the [fn]Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the LORD of hosts.