Lexicon :: Strong's H8052 - šᵊmûʿâ

“No, my sons, the news I hear the LORD’s people spreading is not good.

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth because her labor pains came on her.

Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nanny picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom struck down all the king’s sons; not even one of them survived! ”

The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the LORD’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.

“But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, I was not even told half. Your wisdom and prosperity far exceed the report I heard.

“I am about to put a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’ ”

“But I didn’t believe their reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, I was not even told half of your great wisdom! You far exceed the report I heard.

He will not fear bad news;

his heart is confident, trusting in the LORD.

Bright eyes cheer the heart;

good news strengthens[fn] the bones.

Good news from a distant land

is like cold water to a parched throat.[fn]

Who is he trying to teach?

Who is he trying to instruct?

Infants[fn] just weaned from milk?

Babies[fn] removed from the breast?

Every time it passes through,

it will carry you away;

it will pass through every morning —

every day and every night.

Only terror will cause you

to understand the message.[fn]

“I am about to put a spirit in him and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’ ”

Who has believed what we have heard?[fn]

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Listen! A noise ​— ​it is coming —

a great commotion from the land to the north.

The cities of Judah will be made desolate,

a jackals’ den.

I have heard an envoy from the LORD;

a messenger has been sent among the nations:

Assemble yourselves to come against her.

Rise up for war!

About Damascus:

Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,

for they have heard a bad report and are agitated,

like[fn] the anxious sea that cannot be calmed.

May you not become cowardly and fearful

when the report is proclaimed in the land,

for the report will come one year,

and then another the next year.

There will be violence in the land

with ruler against ruler.

Disaster after disaster will come,

and there will be rumor after rumor.

Then they will look for a vision from a prophet,

but instruction will perish from the priests

and counsel from the elders.

“Didn’t you treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn when you were proud,

“And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning? ’ then say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and all knees will run with urine.[fn] Yes, it is coming and it will happen. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’ ”

“But reports from the east and the north will terrify him, and he will go out with great fury to annihilate and completely destroy many.

The vision of Obadiah.

This is what the Lord GOD has said about Edom:

We have heard a message from the LORD;

an envoy has been sent among the nations:

“Rise up, and let’s go to war against her.”[fn]