Lexicon :: Strong's H8052 - šᵊmûʿâ

Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant, and was about to give birth; so when she heard the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, because her [labor] pains began.

Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the news [of the deaths] of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. And the boy’s nurse picked him up and fled; but it happened that while she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

Now it happened while they were on the way [back home], that the [exaggerated] report came to David, “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.”

Now the news reached Joab, for Joab had supported and followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. So Joab fled to the [sacred] tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar [to seek asylum].

He will not fear bad news;

His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the LORD.

The light of the eyes rejoices the hearts of others,

And good news puts fat on the bones.

Like cold water to a thirsty soul,

So is good news from a distant land.

They say “To whom would He teach knowledge?

And to whom would He explain the message?

Those just weaned from milk?

Those just taken from the breast?

“As often as it passes through, it will seize you;

For morning after morning it will pass through, by day and by night,

And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means.”

Who has believed [confidently trusted in, relied on, and adhered to] our message [of salvation]?

And to whom [if not us] has the arm and infinite power of the LORD been revealed?

The sound of a report! Behold, [the invader] comes—

A great commotion from the country of the north (Babylonia)—

To make the cities of Judah

A desolation, a haunt and dwelling place of jackals.

I have heard a report from the LORD,

And a messenger has been sent to the nations, saying,

“Gather together and come against her,

And rise up for the battle.”

Concerning Damascus [in Syria].

“Hamath and Arpad are perplexed and shamed,

For they have heard bad news;

They are disheartened;

Troubled and anxious like a [storm-tossed] sea

Which cannot be calmed.

“Now beware so that you do not lose heart,

And so that you are not afraid at the rumor that will be heard in the land—

For the rumor shall come one year,

And after that another rumor in another year,

And violence shall be in the land,

Ruler against ruler—

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord GOD concerning [fn]Edom—

We have heard a report from the LORD,

And an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying,

“[fn]Arise, and let us rise up against Edom for battle [with the LORD as commander]!”