Lexicon :: Strong's H7673 - šāḇaṯ

“While the earth remains,

Seedtime and harvest,

Cold and heat,

Winter and summer,

And day and night

Shall not cease.”

“Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

“You shall work for six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; [even] in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest [on the Sabbath].

‘Then the land [of Israel] will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies’ land; then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],

I will remove the memory of them from men,”

Our enemies said, “They will not know or see us until we are among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.”

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries,

That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two;

He burns the chariots with fire.

You have put an end to his splendor

And have hurled his throne to the ground.

You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross [for they have no value];

Therefore I love Your testimonies.

[fn]To cast lots puts an end to quarrels

And decides between powerful contenders.

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go away;

Even strife and dishonor will cease.

In this way I will punish the world for its evil

And the wicked for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];

I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud

And will abase the arrogance of the tyrant.

“How the oppressor has ceased [his insolence],

And how the fury has ceased!

Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;

In the vineyards there will be no singing or joyful sound;

No treader treads out wine in the presses,

For I (God) put an end to the joyful shouting.

“The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,

And the kingdom from Damascus

And the remnant of Aram (Syria);

They will be like the [departed] glory of [her ally] the children of Israel,”

Declares the LORD of hosts.

A harsh vision has been shown to me;

The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.

Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!

All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the LORD] have brought to an end.

The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases,

The noise of those who rejoice ends,

The joy of the harp ceases.

“Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God],

Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”

The highways are deserted, the traveler has ceased [to appear].

The enemy has broken the covenant, he has rejected the [fn]cities,

He has no regard for [any] man.

“If this fixed order departs

From before Me,” says the LORD,

“Then the descendants of Israel also will cease

From being a nation before Me forever.”

“So joy and gladness are taken away

From the fruitful field and from the land of Moab.

And I have made the wine cease from the wine presses;

No one treads the grapes with shouting.

Their shouting is not joyful shouting [but is instead, a battle cry].

Elders are gone from the gate;

Young men from their music.