Lexicon :: Strong's H7323 - rûṣ

The king tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had made on the roof of Ahaz’s upper chamber. He also tore down the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the LORD’s temple. Then he smashed them[fn] there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[fn] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.

When Athaliah heard the noise from the troops, the guards, and those praising the king, she went to the troops in the LORD’s temple.

So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that he may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation. They boiled the holy sacrifices in pots, kettles, and bowls; and they quickly brought them to the lay people.

Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces telling the officials to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people ​— ​young and old, women and children ​— ​and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.[fn]

Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred in the royal stables.

My days fly by faster than a runner;[fn]

they flee without seeing any good.

He rushes headlong at him

with his thick, studded shields.

He breaks through my defenses again and again;[fn]

he charges at me like a warrior.

With you I can attack a barricade,[fn]

and with my God I can leap over a wall.

It is like a bridegroom coming from his home;

it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

For no fault of mine,

they run and take up a position.

Awake to help me, and take notice.

Ambassadors will come[fn] from Egypt;

Cush will stretch out its hands to God.

I pursue the way of your commands,

for you broaden my understanding.[fn]

He sends his command throughout the earth;

his word runs swiftly.

because their feet run toward evil

and they hurry to shed blood.

When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;

when you run, you will not stumble.

a heart that plots wicked schemes,

feet eager to run to evil,

The name of the LORD is a strong tower;

the righteous run to it and are protected.[fn]

Take me with you ​— ​let’s hurry.

Oh, that the king would bring[fn] me to his chambers.

We will rejoice and be glad in you;

we will celebrate your caresses more than wine.

It is only right that they adore you.

but those who trust in the LORD

will renew their strength;

they will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not become weary,

they will walk and not faint.

“so you will summon a nation you do not know,

and nations who do not know you will run to you.

For the LORD your God,

even the Holy One of Israel,

has glorified you.”

Their feet run after evil,

and they rush to shed innocent blood.

Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;

ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

If you have raced with runners

and they have worn you out,

how can you compete with horses?

If you stumble[fn] in a peaceful land,

what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

I did not send out these prophets,

yet they ran.

I did not speak to them,

yet they prophesied.

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[fn] of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ”

“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[fn] of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Babylon[fn] away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me? ”

Messenger races to meet messenger,

and herald to meet herald,

to announce to the king of Babylon

that his city has been captured

from end to end.

He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with savage fury.

Their appearance is like that of horses,

and they gallop like war horses.

Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

Does anyone plow there with oxen?[fn]

Yet you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood —

The chariots dash madly through the streets;

they rush around in the plazas.

They look like torches;

they dart back and forth like lightning.

The LORD answered me:

Write down this vision;

clearly inscribe it on tablets

so one may easily read it.[fn]

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined[fn] it. Why? ” This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.”