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Lexicon :: Strong's H954 - bûš

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בּוּשׁ
Transliteration
bûš
Pronunciation
boosh
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 222

Strong’s Definitions

בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x

The KJV translates Strong's H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 109x
The KJV translates Strong's H954 in the following manner: ashamed (72x), confounded (21x), shame (9x), all 2 (inf. for emphasis), confusion (1x), delayed (1x), dry (1x), long (1x), shamed (1x).

  1. to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to feel shame

      2. to be ashamed, disconcerted, disappointed (by reason of)

    2. (Piel) to delay (in shame)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to put to shame

      2. to act shamefully

      3. to be ashamed

    4. (Hithpolel) to be ashamed before one another

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בּוּשׁ bûwsh, boosh; a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed:—(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
STRONGS H954: Abbreviations
בּוֺשׁ 109 verb be ashamed (Sabean בוס; מהבאס = evil-doer DHMZMG 1883, 375, || Aramaic בְּהַת, Syriac bdb010109; Arabic bdb010110, bdb010111 mean disperse) —
Qal Perfect Jeremiah 48:39; בּשׁ Jeremiah 48:13; בּוֺשָׁה Jeremiah 15:9; בּשְׁתִּי Jeremiah 31:19 + 25 times; Imperfect יֵבוֺשׁ Isaiah 29:22 + 57 times; Infinitive absolute בּוֺשׁ Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:12; Imperative בּוֺשִׁי Isaiah 23:4; Ezekiel 16:52, בּוֺשׁוּ Ezekiel 36:32; Participle plural בּוֺשִׁים Ezekiel 32:30; —
1. absolute feel shame Jeremiah 6:15 + 16 times, Isaiah 19:9; Isaiah 23:4; Isaiah 37:27; Isa2, Isaiah 45:16 + 14 times, Ezekiel 16:63; Micah 7:16; Joel 2:26, 27; 2 Kings 19:26; Ezekiel 9:6; Job 6:20; Psalm 6:11 (+ 27 times, chiefly in late Psalms).
2. followed by מִן, be ashamed of, i.e. disconcerted, disappointed by reason of Jeremiah 2:36 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 12:13; Jeremiah 48:13; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 20:5; Ezekiel 32:30; Ezekiel 36:32.
3. with object בּשְׁתִּי לִשְׁאוֺל I am ashamed to ask Ezekiel 8:22; לֹא תֵבשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ לִי ye are not ashamed to deal hardly with me (imperfect subject) Job 19:3. בּושׁ often || נכלם & חפר; בּשׁוּ וְהָכְלְמוּ they are ashamed and confounded Jeremiah 14:3; Jeremiah 22:22; Isa2, Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 45:16; Isaiah 45:17; Ezekiel 16:52; Ezekiel 36:32; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 69:7; Ezekiel 9:6; וּבשׁוּ הַחֹזִים וְחָֽפְרוּ הַקֹּסְמִים and the seers shall be ashamed and the diviners confounded Micah 3:7, compare Jeremiah 15:9; Job 6:20; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 40:15; Psalm 70:3; Psalm 71:24; יֵבוֺשׁ מְקוֺרוֺ Hosea 13:15 (read יִיבַשׁ be dry); עַדבּֿוֺשׁ to the point of confusion Judges 3:25 (compare GFM), 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Kings 8:11.
Polel Perfect בּשֵׁשׁ delay (in shame), בּשֵׁשׁ משֶׁה לָרֶדֶת Moses delayed to descend Exodus 32:1 (J), מַדּוּעַ בּשֵׁשׁ רִכְבּוֺ לָבוֺא why delay his chariots to come ? Judges 5:28.
Hiph.
1. הֱבִישׁוֺתָ Psalm 44:8; הֱבִישֹׁתָה Psalm 53:6; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּבִישֵׁנִי Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:116; תָּבִישׁוּ Psalm 14:6; put to shame, Participle מֵבִישׁ Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 19:26; Proverbs 29:15; one causing shame or acting shamefully, || מִשְׂכִּיל; עֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ a servant acting wisely will rule over a son causing shame Proverbs 17:2; מְבִישָׁה || אֵשֶׁת חַיִל Proverbs 12:4.
2. הוֺבִישׁ 2 Samuel 19:6; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Joel 1:10, 12; הֹבִישׁ Jeremiah 10:14 + 7 times, Hosea 2:7; Joel 1:12, 17; Isaiah 30:5 (but הבאיש Kt); הֹבִשׁוּ Jeremiah 8:9, 12; Imperative הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 (all the forms in Joel derived √ יָבֵשׁ by ancient versions and some moderns, see Ew§ 122 e Ges§ 72, 6).
a. put to shame 2 Samuel 19:6.
b. act shamefully Hosea 2:7.
c. to be put to shame Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 46:24; Jeremiah 48:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:2 (twice in verse); Joel 1:10, 12, 17 (?).
d. be ashamed Jeremiah 8:9, 12; Joel 1:11, 12 (?) Isaiah 30:5 (Qr); with מִן Jeremiah 10:14 = Jeremiah 51:17.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְבּשָׁ֑שׁוּ ashamed before one another Genesis 2:25 (J).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:25

Exodus

32:1

Judges

3:25; 5:28

2 Samuel

19:6; 19:6

2 Kings

2:17; 8:11; 19:26

Job

6:20; 6:20; 19:3

Psalms

14:6; 35:4; 35:26; 40:15; 44:8; 53:6; 69:7; 70:3; 71:24; 119:31; 119:116

Proverbs

10:5; 12:4; 14:35; 17:2; 19:26; 29:15

Isaiah

1:29; 19:9; 20:5; 23:4; 23:4; 29:22; 30:5; 30:5; 37:27; 41:11; 45:16; 45:16; 45:17

Jeremiah

2:26; 2:26; 2:36; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 6:15; 8:9; 8:9; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12; 10:14; 10:14; 12:13; 14:3; 15:9; 15:9; 22:22; 31:19; 46:24; 48:1; 48:13; 48:13; 48:20; 48:39; 50:2; 51:17

Ezekiel

9:6; 9:6; 16:52; 16:52; 16:63; 32:30; 32:30; 36:32; 36:32; 36:32

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 13:15

Joel

1:10; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:17; 2:26; 2:27

Micah

3:7; 7:16

H954

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Strong's Number H954 matches the Hebrew בּוּשׁ (bûš),
which occurs 114 times in 105 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Isa 20:5–Joe 2:27)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - “Then they will be dismayed and ashamed H954 because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 - Be ashamed, H954 O Sidon;
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither travailed nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:23 - Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, H954
For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it.
[fn]They see Your zeal for the people and are put H954 to shame; H954
Indeed, [fn]fire will devour Your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:22 - Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be ashamed, H954 nor shall his face now turn pale;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - “Everyone will be ashamed H954 because of a people who cannot profit them,
Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - “Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,
They were dismayed and put H954 to shame; H954
They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,
As grass on the housetops [fn]is scorched before it is grown up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 - “Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed H954 and dishonored;
Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - They will be turned back and be utterly H954 put H954 to shame, H954
Who trust in [fn]idols,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - Those who fashion [fn]a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions will be put H954 to shame, H954 for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them together be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - They will be put H954 to shame H954 and even humiliated, all of them;
The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:17 - Israel has been saved by the LORD
With an everlasting salvation;
You will not be put H954 to shame H954 or humiliated
To all eternity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:24 - “They will say of Me, ‘Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.’
Men will come to Him,
And all who were angry at Him will be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - “Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth
And lick the dust of your feet;
And you will know that I am the LORD;
Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:7 - For the Lord GOD helps Me,
Therefore, I am not disgraced;
Therefore, I have set My face like flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - “Fear not, for you will not be put H954 to shame; H954
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:5 - Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,
Have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy.’
But they will be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 - “As the thief is shamed H954 when he is discovered,
So the house of Israel is shamed; H954
They, their kings, their princes
And their priests and their prophets,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36 - “Why do you go around so much
Changing your way?
Also, you will be put H954 to shame H954 by Egypt
As you were put H954 to shame H954 by Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:15 - “Were they ashamed H954 because of the abomination they have done?
They were not even ashamed H954 at all; H954
They did not even know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be cast down,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - “The wise men are put H954 to shame, H954
They are dismayed and caught;
Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:12 - “Were they ashamed H954 because of the abomination they had done?
They certainly were not ashamed, H954
And they did not know how to blush;
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:19 - “For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,
‘How are we ruined!
We are put H954 to great shame, H954
For we have left the land,
Because they have cast down our dwellings.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - “They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns,
They have strained themselves [fn]to no profit.
But be ashamed H954 of your [fn]harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - “Their nobles have sent their [fn]servants for water;
They have come to the cisterns and found no water.
They have returned with their vessels empty;
They have been H954 put H954 to shame H954 and humiliated,
And they cover their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:4 - “Because the ground is [fn]cracked,
For there has been no rain on the land;
The farmers have been H954 put H954 to shame, H954
They have covered their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:9 - “She who bore seven sons pines away;
[fn]Her breathing is labored.
Her sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been H954 shamed H954 and humiliated.
So I will give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:13 - O LORD, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You will be put H954 to shame. H954
Those who turn [fn]away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let those who persecute me be put H954 to shame, H954 but as for me, let me not be put H954 to shame; H954
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with twofold destruction!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, H954 because they have [fn]failed,
With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - “The wind will sweep away all your shepherds,
And your lovers will go into captivity;
Then you will surely be ashamed H954 and humiliated
Because of all your wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - ‘For after I turned back, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh;
I was ashamed H954 and also humiliated
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - “And Moab will be ashamed H954 of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed H954 of Bethel, their confidence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:39 - “How [fn]shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back—he is ashamed! H954 So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - Concerning Damascus.
“Hamath and Arpad are put H954 to shame, H954
For they have heard bad news;
They are disheartened.
There is anxiety by the sea,
It cannot be calmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:12 - Your mother [fn]will be greatly ashamed, H954
She who gave you birth [fn]will be humiliated.
Behold, she will be the least of the nations,
A wilderness, a parched land and a desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:47 - Therefore behold, days are coming
When I will punish the idols of Babylon;
And her whole land will be put H954 to shame H954
And all her slain will fall in her midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:51 - We are ashamed H954 because we have heard reproach;
Disgrace has covered our faces,
For aliens have entered
The holy places of the LORD’S house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - “Also bear your disgrace in that you have [fn]made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed H954 and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:63

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:63 - so that you may remember and be ashamed H954 and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord GOD declares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “There also are the [fn]chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame H954 went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:32 - “I am not doing this for your sake,” declares the Lord GOD, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed H954 and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:19 - The wind wraps them in its wings,
And they will be ashamed H954 because of their sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to [fn]King Jareb;
Ephraim will [fn]be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed H954 of its own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:15 - Though he flourishes among the [fn]reeds,
An east wind will come,
The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will become H954 dry H954
And his spring will be dried up;
It will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:11 - [fn]Be ashamed, H954 O farmers,
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26 - “You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied
And praise the name of the LORD your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
Then My people will never be put H954 to shame. H954

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:27 - “Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
And that I am the LORD your God,
And there is no other;
And My people will never be put H954 to shame. H954

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