Lexicon :: Strong's H898 - bāḡaḏ

“If she is displeasing to her master, who chose her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners because he has acted treacherously toward her.

God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully,

Some reported to Saul, “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.”

Saul said, “You have been unfaithful. Roll a large stone over here at once.”

My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,

as seasonal streams that overflow

No one who waits for you

will be disgraced;

those who act treacherously without cause

will be disgraced.

LORD God of Armies, you are the God of Israel.

Rise up to punish all the nations;

do not show favor to any wicked traitors.Selah

If I had decided to say these things aloud,

I would have betrayed your people.[fn]

They treacherously turned away like their ancestors;

they became warped like a faulty bow.

I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust

because they do not keep your word.

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous ripped out of it.

The integrity of the upright guides them,

but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,

but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

From the fruit of his mouth,

a person will enjoy good things,

but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.

Good sense wins favor,

but the way of the treacherous never changes.[fn]

The wicked are a ransom for the righteous,

and the treacherous, for[fn] the upright.

The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,

but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber

and increases the number of unfaithful people.

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time

is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

A troubling vision is declared to me:

“The treacherous one acts treacherously,

and the destroyer destroys.

Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning.”

From the ends of the earth we hear songs:

The Splendor of the Righteous One.

But I said, “I waste away! I waste away![fn]

Woe is me.”

The treacherous act treacherously;

the treacherous deal very treacherously.

Woe, you destroyer never destroyed,

you traitor never betrayed!

When you have finished destroying,

you will be destroyed.

When you have finished betraying,

they will betray you.

“You have never heard; you have never known;

for a long time your ears have not been open.

For I knew that you were very treacherous,

and were known as a rebel from birth.

“I[fn] observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce. Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself.

The LORD announced to me, “Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

However, as a woman may betray her lover,[fn]

so you have betrayed me, house of Israel.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

have dealt very treacherously with me.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

If only I had a traveler’s lodging place

in the wilderness,

I would abandon my people

and depart from them,

for they are all adulterers,

a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

You will be righteous, LORD,

even if I bring a case against you.

Yet, I wish to contend with you:

Why does the way of the wicked prosper?

Why do all the treacherous live at ease?

Even your brothers ​— ​your own father’s family —

even they were treacherous to you;

even they have cried out loudly after you.

Do not have confidence in them,

though they speak well of you.

She weeps bitterly during the night,

with tears on her cheeks.

There is no one to offer her comfort,

not one from all her lovers.[fn]

All her friends have betrayed her;

they have become her enemies.

They betrayed the LORD;

indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children.

Now the New Moon will devour them

along with their fields.

But they, like Adam,[fn] have violated the covenant;

there they have betrayed me.

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,

and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.

So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous?

Why are you silent

while one[fn] who is wicked swallows up

one[fn] who is more righteous than himself?

Moreover, wine[fn] betrays;

an arrogant man is never at rest.[fn]

He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,

and like Death he is never satisfied.

He gathers all the nations to himself;

he collects all the peoples for himself.

Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

And you ask, “Why? ” Because even though the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.