Lexicon :: Strong's H8074 - šāmēm

‘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.

“We have shot them down [with arrows];

Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon,

And we have laid them waste as far as Nophah,

Which reaches to Medeba.”

Then the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He caused them to be dumbfounded and struck them with [fn]tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.

“But now God has exhausted me.

You [O Lord] have destroyed all my family and my household.

“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this,

And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

“Those in the west are astonished and appalled at his fate,

And those in the east are seized with horror.

“Look at me and be astonished and appalled;

And put your hand over your mouth.

Let those be appalled and desolate because of their shame

Who say to me, “Aha, aha [rejoicing in my misfortune]!”

May their encampment be desolate;

May no one dwell in their tents.

For they have devoured Jacob

And made his pasture desolate.

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];

My heart grows numb within me.

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.

This is what the LORD says,

“In a [fn]favorable time I have answered You,

And in a day of salvation I have helped You;

And I will keep watch over You and give You for a covenant of the people,

To restore the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands,

“For your ruins and desolate places and your land [once the scene] of destruction—

Certainly now [in the coming years] will be too cramped for the inhabitants,

And those who once engulfed you will be far away.

Just as many were astonished and appalled at you, My people,

So His appearance was marred more than any man

And His form [marred] more than the sons of men.

“Shout for joy, O barren one, she who has not given birth;

Break forth into joyful shouting and rejoice, she who has not gone into labor [with child]!

For the [spiritual] sons of the desolate one will be more numerous

Than the sons of the married woman,” says the LORD.

“For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

And your descendants will take possession of nations

And will inhabit deserted cities.

He saw that there was no man,

And was amazed that there was no one to intercede [on behalf of truth and right];

Therefore His own arm brought salvation to Him,

And His own righteousness sustained Him.

Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins,

They will raise up and restore the former desolations;

And they will renew the ruined cities,

The desolations (deserted settlements) of many generations.

“I looked, but there was no one to help,

And I was amazed and appalled that there was no one to uphold [truth and right].

So My own arm brought salvation to Me,

And My wrath sustained Me.

“Be appalled, O heavens, at this;

Be shocked and shudder with horror [at the behavior of the people],” says the LORD.

“It shall come about in that day,” says the LORD, “that the heart and courage of the king will fail (be paralyzed), and also the heart of the princes; the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded and horrified.”

Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know nor recognize You

And on the families that do not call Your name.

For they have devoured Jacob;

They have devoured him and consumed him

And made his land a desolate waste.

“They have made it a wasteland,

Desolate, it mourns before Me;

The whole land has been made a wasteland,

Because no man takes it to heart.

Making their land a desolation and a horror,

A thing to be hissed at perpetually;

Everyone who passes by will be astounded

And shake his head [in scorn].

“Thus says the LORD, ‘Yet again there will be heard in this place of which you say, “It is a [desolate] waste, without man and without animal”—even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal—

“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues and disasters.

Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has devised against Edom, and [hear] what He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their dwelling place desolate because of them.

“Because of the wrath of the LORD she will not be inhabited

But she will be completely desolate;

Everyone who goes by Babylon will be appalled

And will hiss (mock) at all her wounds and plagues.

The roads to Zion are in mourning

Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.

All her gates are desolate;

Her priests are groaning,

Her virgins are grieved and suffering,

And she suffers bitterly.

“I weep for these things;

My eyes overflow with tears,

Because a comforter,

One who could restore my soul, is far away from me.

My children are desolate and perishing,

For the enemy has prevailed.”

Those who feasted on delicacies

Are perishing in the streets;

Those reared in purple [as nobles]

Embrace ash heaps.

As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,

Foxes and the jackals prowl over it.