Lexicon :: Strong's H6887 - ṣārar

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their clothes on their shoulders.

“But if you will carefully obey him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

“You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.

“When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and be saved from your enemies.

“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

“But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs for your eyes and thorns for your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.

“then exchange it for silver, take the silver in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses.

“They will besiege you within all your city gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

they acted deceptively. They gathered provisions[fn] and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

“Someone is pursuing you and intends to take your life. My lord’s life is tucked safely in the place[fn] where the LORD your God protects the living, but he is flinging away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up? ” Samuel asked Saul.

“I’m in serious trouble,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He doesn’t answer me anymore, either through the prophets or in dreams. So I’ve called on you to tell me what I should do.”

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother.

You were such a friend to me.

Your love for me was more wondrous

than the love of women.

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

When there is famine in the land,

when there is pestilence,

when there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper,

when their enemy besieges them

in the land and its cities,[fn]

when there is any plague or illness,

But Naaman insisted, “Please, accept one hundred fifty pounds.”[fn] He urged Gehazi and then packed one hundred fifty pounds of silver in two bags with two sets of clothing. Naaman gave them to two of his attendants who carried them ahead of Gehazi.

At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the LORD.

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

The king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

That same day King Ahasuerus awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed her relationship to Mordecai.

They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. However, they did not seize[fn] any plunder.

For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. He cast the pur ​— ​that is, the lot ​— ​to crush and destroy them.

He wraps up the water in his clouds,

yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.

My eyes are swollen from grief;

they grow old because of all my enemies.

if I have done harm to one at peace with me

or have plundered[fn] my adversary without cause,

Rise up, LORD, in your anger;

lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;

awake for me;[fn]

you have ordained a judgment.

From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,

you have established a stronghold[fn]

on account of your adversaries

in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.

His ways are always secure;[fn]

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;[fn]

he scoffs at all his adversaries.

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

Be gracious to me, LORD,

because I am in distress;

my eyes are worn out from frustration —

my whole being[fn] as well.

I am ridiculed by all my adversaries

and even by my neighbors.

I am dreaded by my acquaintances;

those who see me in the street run from me.

My adversaries taunt me,

as if crushing my bones,

while all day long they say to me,

“Where is your God? ”

Don’t hide your face from your servant,

for I am in distress.

Answer me quickly!

You know the insults I endure —

my shame and disgrace.

You are aware of all my adversaries.

Your adversaries roared in the meeting place

where you met with us.[fn]

They set up their emblems as signs.

Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries,

the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly.

Since my youth they have often attacked me —

let Israel say —

and in your faithful love destroy my enemies.

Wipe out all those who attack me,

for I am your servant.

Giving honor to a fool

is like binding a stone in a sling.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?

Who has gathered the wind in his hands?

Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

What is his name,

and what is the name of his son —

if you know?

Bind up the testimony.

Seal up the instruction among my disciples.

Ephraim’s envy will cease;

Judah’s harassing will end.

Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah,

and Judah will not harass Ephraim.

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,

and its cover too small to wrap up in.

For this is what the LORD says:

Look, I am flinging away

the land’s residents at this time

and bringing them such distress

that they will feel it.

The towns have[fn] been captured,

and the strongholds seized.

In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors

will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upward, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.

LORD, see how I am in distress.

I am churning within;

my heart is broken,[fn]

for I have been very rebellious.

Outside, the sword takes the children;

inside, there is death.

A wind with its wings will carry them off,[fn]

and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.

Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;

his sin is stored up.