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Lexicon :: Strong's H1869 - dāraḵ

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דָּרַךְ
Transliteration
dāraḵ
Pronunciation
daw-rak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 453

Strong’s Definitions

דָּרַךְ dârak, daw-rak'; a primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending):—archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H1869 in the following manner: tread (23x), bend (8x), bent (7x), lead (4x), archer (2x), tread down (2x), come (1x), go (2x), treader (2x), tread upon (2x), walk (2x), drew (1x), lead forth (1x), guide (1x), tread out (1x), go over (1x), shoot (1x), thresh (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H1869 in the following manner: tread (23x), bend (8x), bent (7x), lead (4x), archer (2x), tread down (2x), come (1x), go (2x), treader (2x), tread upon (2x), walk (2x), drew (1x), lead forth (1x), guide (1x), tread out (1x), go over (1x), shoot (1x), thresh (1x).

  1. to tread, bend, lead, march

    1. (Qal)

      1. to tread, march, march forth

      2. to tread on, tread upon

      3. to tread (a press)

      4. to tread (bend) a bow

      5. archer, bow-benders (participle)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to tread, tread down

      2. to tread (bend with the foot) a bow

      3. to cause to go, lead, march, tread

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דָּרַךְ dârak, daw-rak'; a primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending):—archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
STRONGS H1869: Abbreviations
† דָּרַךְ verb tread, march (Aramaic דְּרַךְ, KeRD; Late Hebrew Hiph. lead, conduct; Arabic IV. ادرك reach, overtake; Ethiopic ደረከ፡ be rough, serve (from calcavit, Di); መድረክ፡ threshold, vestibule) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular דָּרַךְ Numbers 24:17 + 6 times; 3rd person feminine singular דָּֽרְכָה Joshua 14:9; 2nd person masculine singular דָּרַכְתָּ Habakkuk 3:15; 1st person singular דָּרַכְתִּי Isaiah 63:3; Zechariah 9:13; plural דָּֽרְכוּ Job 22:15 + 3 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִדְרֹךְ Micah 5:4 + 6 times + ידרך Jeremiah 51:3 (כתיב ולא קוי); 3rd person feminine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:3; 2nd person masculine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 33:29 + 2 times; 2nd person feminine singular תִּדְרְכִי Judges 5:21; 1st person singular suffix וְאֶדְרְכֵם Isaiah 63:3; 3rd person masculine plural יִדְרְכוּ 1 Samuel 5:5, יִדְרְכוּן Psalm 11:2, וַיִּדְרְכוּ Judges 9:27; 2nd person masculine plural תִּדְרְכוּ Deuteronomy 11:25; Participle active דֹּרֵךְ Amos 4:13 + 5 times; דּוֺרֵךְ Job 9:8; דֹּרְכִים Jeremiah 25:30; Nehemiah 13:15; דֹּרְכֵי Jeremiah 46:9 + 5 times; passive feminine דְּרוּכָה Isaiah 21:15; דְּרֻכוֺת Isaiah 5:28; —
1. tread, march, march forth, absolute, תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹז Judges 5:21; compare דָּרַךְ כּוֺכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב Numbers 24:17 (poem) a star hath marched forth from Jacob.
2. tread upon (land), followed by בְּ Deuteronomy 1:36; Deuteronomy 11:25 (subject person), Joshua 14:9 (subject רֶגֶל) compare Deuteronomy 11:24 = Joshua 1:3 (subject כַּף רַגְלְכֶם); tread in a path, followed by בְּ Isaiah 59:8 (figurative of mode of life); tread in (on) the sea, followed by בְּ Habakkuk 3:15 (but text dubious compare VB); of an invader יִדְרֹךְ בְּאַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ Micah 5:4 (|| יָבוֺא בְּאַרְצֵנוּ); בִּגְבולֵינוּ יִד׳ Micah 5:5 (|| id.); followed by עַל 1 Samuel 5:5 (עַלמִֿפְתַּן דָּגוֺן); Psalm 91:3 (עַלשַֿׁחַל וָפֶתֶן); especially (poetry) עַלבָּֿמֳו֯תֵי אֶרֶץ Micah 1:3, of י׳, so Amos 4:13, & (עַלבָּֿמֳתֵי יָ֑ם) Job 9:8; of Israel treading on heights of enemies, i.e. subduing them Deuteronomy 33:29. Once followed by accusative (אֲשֶׁר reference אֹרַח) Job 22:15. In technical senses
3. tread wine- (or oil-) press, followed by accusative יְקָבִים Job 24:11 (|| יַצְהִירוּ), גִּתּוֺת Nehemiah 13:15; followed by accusative of thing pressed עֲנָבִים ד׳ Amos 9:13; also of product תִּדְרֹךְזַֿיִת ֗֗֗ וְתִירוֺשׁ Micah 6:15; יַיִן בַּיְקָבִים לֹא יִדְרֹךְ הַדֹּרֵךְ Isaiah 16:10; followed by בְּגַת Isaiah 63:2 (in simile); absolute Jeremiah 25:30 (simile) Jeremiah 48:33; figurative of judgment Isaiah 63:3 followed by accusative פּוּרָה winepress, subject י׳, compare Isaiah 63:3 וְאֶדְרְכֵם בְּאַפִּי (|| רמס), i.e. tread them down; so גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת בַּתיְֿהוּדָה Lamentations 1:15.
4. tread (i.e. bend) the bow, followed by accusative קֶשֶׁת Jeremiah 51:8 (אֶליִֿדְרֹךְ יד֯רך הַדֹּרֵךְ קַשְׁתּוֺ); figurative of assaults of wicked Psalm 11:2; Psalm 37:14, of judgments of י׳ Psalm 7:18; Lamentations 2:4; Lamentations 3:12; also figurative of Judah as bow in hand of י׳, כִּי דָרַכְתִּי לִי יְהוּדָה Zechariah 9:13 (|| קֶשֶׁת מִלֵּאתִי אֶפְרַיִם); twice in like meaning with object חֵץ arrow Psalm 58:8 (but on text compare Checritical note.) Psalm 64:4; דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת = bow-benders, archers Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:7; קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה bent bow Isaiah 21:15; קַשְׁתֹֿתָיו דְּרֻכוֺת Isaiah 5:28.
Hiph. Perfect וְהִדְרִיךְ Isaiah 11:15; suffix הִדְרִיכָהּ Jeremiah 51:33 (where many infinitive construct) compare RSJ Ph xvi. (1888) 72; 1st person singular suffix הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ Proverbs 4:11; 3rd person plural suffix הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ Judges 20:43, הִדְרִיכוּהוּ Job 28:8; Imperfect יַדְרֵךְ Psalm 25:9, suffix יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19; וַיַּדְרִיכֵם Psalm 107:7; 1st person singular suffix אַדְרִיכֵם Isaiah 42:16; וַיַּדְרְכוּ Jeremiah 9:2 (compare Ges§ 53, 3, R 4); Imperative masculine singular suffix הַדְרִיכֵנִי Psalm 25:5; Psalm 119:35; Infinitive construct see above; Participle suffix מַדְרִיכְךָ Isaiah 48:17; —
1. tread, tread down, of treading down enemy in battle Judges 20:43; of treading a path Job 28:8; levelling threshing-floor Jeremiah 51:33 (all followed by suffix).
2. tread (bend) the bow (= Qal 4), only figurative וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם קַשְׁתָּם שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 9:2 and they have bent their tongue as their bow in falsehood.
3. causative, cause to tread or march, lead, returning exiles Isaiah 11:15 (subject י׳; no object expressed); compare וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה Psalm 107:7 and he led them in a straight way; see also Isaiah 42:16 (|| הוֺלִיךְ); with a moral application הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵייֿשֶׁר Proverbs 4:11; compare Psalm 119:35 הַדְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִיב מִצְוֺתֶיךָ lead me in the path of thy commandments; Psalm 25:5 בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ || (לַמּדֵנִי) compare Psalm 25:9 בַּמִּשְׁפָּט (|| דַּרְבּוֹ יְלַמֵּד), Isaiah 48:17 בְּדֶרֶךְ תֵּלֵךְ (|| מְלַמֶּדְךָ לְהוֺעִל); once of giving security & triumph עַלבָּֿמוֺתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19 upon mine heights he maketh me tread (compare Qal 2).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:17; 24:17

Deuteronomy

1:36; 11:24; 11:24; 11:25; 11:25; 33:29; 33:29

Joshua

1:3; 1:3; 14:9; 14:9

Judges

5:21; 5:21; 9:27; 20:43; 20:43

1 Samuel

5:5; 5:5

1 Chronicles

5:18; 8:40

2 Chronicles

14:7

Nehemiah

13:15; 13:15

Job

9:8; 9:8; 22:15; 22:15; 24:11; 28:8; 28:8

Psalms

11:2; 11:2; 25:5; 25:5; 25:9; 25:9; 37:14; 58:8; 64:4; 91:3; 107:7; 107:7; 119:35; 119:35

Proverbs

4:11; 4:11

Isaiah

5:28; 5:28; 11:15; 11:15; 16:10; 21:15; 21:15; 42:16; 42:16; 48:17; 48:17; 59:8; 63:2; 63:3; 63:3; 63:3; 63:3

Jeremiah

9:2; 9:2; 25:30; 25:30; 46:9; 48:33; 50:14; 50:29; 51:3; 51:8; 51:33; 51:33

Lamentations

1:15; 2:4; 3:12

Amos

4:13; 4:13; 9:13

Micah

1:3; 5:4; 5:4; 5:5; 6:15

Habakkuk

3:15; 3:15; 3:19; 3:19

Zechariah

9:13; 9:13

H1869

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Strong's Number H1869 matches the Hebrew דָּרַךְ (dāraḵ),
which occurs 63 times in 59 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 24:17–Lam 3:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - I see him, but not here and now.
I perceive him, but far in the distant future.
A star will rise from Jacob;
a scepter will emerge from Israel.
It will crush the foreheads of Moab’s people,
cracking the skulls of the people of Sheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:36 - except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see this land because he has followed the LORD completely. I will give to him and his descendants some of the very land he explored during his scouting mission.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:25 - No one will be able to stand against you, for the LORD your God will cause the people to fear and dread you, as he promised, wherever you go in the whole land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - How blessed you are, O Israel!
Who else is like you, a people saved by the LORD?
He is your protecting shield
and your triumphant sword!
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will stomp on their backs!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:3 - I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:21 - The Kishon River swept them away—
that ancient torrent, the Kishon.
March on with courage, my soul!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - The Israelites surrounded the men of Benjamin and chased them relentlessly, finally overtaking them east of Gibeah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:5 - That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor anyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod will step on its threshold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - There were 44,760 capable warriors in the armies of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They were all skilled in combat and armed with shields, swords, and bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - Ulam’s sons were all mighty warriors and expert archers. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were descendants of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in grain, loading it on donkeys, and bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:8 - He alone has spread out the heavens
and marches on the waves of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - “Will you continue on the old paths
where evil people have walked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:11 - They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it,
and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:8 - No wild animal has walked upon these treasures;
no lion has ever set his paw there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:12 - If a person does not repent,
God[fn] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - The wicked are stringing their bows
and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
at those whose hearts are right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:5 - Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:9 - He leads the humble in doing right,
teaching them his way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked draw their swords
and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
to slaughter those who do right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - May they disappear like water into thirsty ground.
Make their weapons useless in their hands.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will trample upon lions and cobras;
you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:7 - He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me walk along the path of your commands,
for that is where my happiness is found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:11 - I will teach you wisdom’s ways
and lead you in straight paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Their arrows will be sharp
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - The LORD will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea.[fn]
He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River,[fn]
sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams
so it can easily be crossed on foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - Gone now is the gladness,
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:15 - They have fled from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - I will lead blind Israel down a new path,
guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
I will brighten the darkness before them
and smooth out the road ahead of them.
Yes, I will indeed do these things;
I will not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 - They don’t know where to find peace
or what it means to be just and good.
They have mapped out crooked roads,
and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:2 - Why are your clothes so red,
as if you have been treading out grapes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:3 - “I have been treading the winepress alone;
no one was there to help me.
In my anger I have trampled my enemies
as if they were grapes.
In my fury I have trampled my foes.
Their blood has stained my clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - “My people bend their tongues like bows
to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Now prophesy all these things, and say to them,
“‘The LORD will roar against his own land
from his holy dwelling in heaven.
He will shout like those who tread grapes;
he will shout against everyone on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Charge, you horses and chariots;
attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt!
Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia[fn]
who are skilled with the shield and bow!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab.
The presses yield no wine.
No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy.
There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon,
all you surrounding nations.
Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows.
For she has sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Don’t let the archers put on their armor
or draw their bows.
Don’t spare even her best soldiers!
Let her army be completely destroyed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
the God of Israel, says:
“Babylon is like wheat on a threshing floor,
about to be trampled.
In just a little while
her harvest will begin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - “The Lord has treated my mighty men
with contempt.
At his command a great army has come
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled his beloved city[fn]
like grapes are trampled in a winepress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:4 - He bends his bow against his people,
as though he were their enemy.
His strength is used against them
to kill their finest youth.
His fury is poured out like fire
on beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:12 - He has drawn his bow
and made me the target for his arrows.

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