Lexicon :: Strong's H6924 - qeḏem

I consider days of old,

years long past.

I will declare wise sayings;

I will speak mysteries from the past —

Long ago I learned from your decrees

that you have established them forever.

You have encircled me;

you have placed your hand on me.

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all you have done;

I reflect on the work of your hands.

“The LORD acquired[fn] me

at the beginning of his creation,[fn]

before his works of long ago.

For you have abandoned your people,

the house of Jacob,

because they are full of divination from the East

and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines.

They are in league[fn] with foreigners.

Aram from the east and Philistia from the west

have consumed Israel with open mouths.

In all this, his anger has not turned away,

and his hand is still raised to strike.

But they will swoop down

on the Philistine flank to the west.

Together they will plunder the people of the east.

They will extend their power over Edom and Moab,

and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

The princes of Zoan are complete fools;

Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am one[fn] of the wise,

a student of eastern[fn] kings”?

Is this your jubilant city,

whose origin was in ancient times,

whose feet have taken her

to reside far away?

Have you not heard?

I designed it long ago;

I planned it in days gone by.

I have now brought it to pass,

and you have crushed fortified cities

into piles of rubble.

“Speak up and present your case[fn] —

yes, let them consult each other.

Who predicted this long ago?

Who announced it from ancient times?

Was it not I, the LORD?

There is no other God but me,

a righteous God and Savior;

there is no one except me.

“I declare the end from the beginning,

and from long ago what is not yet done,

saying: my plan will take place,

and I will do all my will.

Wake up, wake up!

Arm of the LORD, clothe yourself with strength.

Wake up as in days past,

as in generations long ago.

Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahab to pieces,

who pierced the sea monster?

His children will be as in past days;

his congregation will be established in my presence.

I will punish all his oppressors.

“I will hand them over to those who intend to take their lives ​— ​to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt[fn] will be inhabited again as in ancient times.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says:

Rise up, attack Kedar,

and destroy the people of the east!

During the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings

that were hers in days of old.

When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,

she had no one to help.

The adversaries looked at her,

laughing over her downfall.

The LORD has done what he planned;

he has accomplished his decree,

which he ordained in days of old.

He has demolished without compassion,

letting the enemy gloat over you

and exalting the horn of your adversaries.

LORD, bring us back to yourself, so we may return;

renew our days as in former times,

So he brought me to the inner court of the LORD’s house, and there were about twenty-five men at the entrance of the LORD’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the LORD’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

The glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stopped on the mountain east of the city.[fn]

therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

“And the prince will have the area on each side of the holy donation of land and the city’s property, adjacent to the holy donation and the city’s property, stretching to the west on the west side and to the east on the east side. Its length will correspond to one of the tribal portions from the western boundary to the eastern boundary.

Jonah left the city and found a place east of it. He made himself a shelter there and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.

Bethlehem Ephrathah,

you are small among the clans of Judah;

one will come from you

to be ruler over Israel for me.

His origin[fn] is from antiquity,

from ancient times.

You will show loyalty to Jacob

and faithful love to Abraham,

as you swore to our ancestors

from days long ago.

Are you not from eternity, LORD my God?

My Holy One, you[fn] will not die.

LORD, you appointed them to execute judgment;

my Rock, you destined them to punish us.

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.