LXX Concordance for τέλος

“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.”[fn]

“then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the assessment up to the Year of Jubilee, and the person will pay the assessed value on that day as a holy offering to the LORD.

“Anyone who comes near the LORD's tabernacle will die. Will we all perish? ”

“Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the fighting men who went out to war: one out of every five hundred people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.

Moses gave the tribute to the priest Eleazar as a contribution for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

When Moses had finished writing down on a scroll every single word of this law,

Then Moses recited aloud every single word of this song to the entire assembly of Israel:

and the water flowing downstream stood still, rising up in a mass that extended as far as[fn] Adam, a city next to Zarethan. The water flowing downstream into the Sea of the Arabah ​— ​the Dead Sea ​— ​was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.

When Israel had finished killing everyone living in Ai who had pursued them into the open country, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all Israel returned to Ai and struck it down with the sword.

And the sun stood still

and the moon stopped

until the nation took vengeance on its enemies.

Isn't this written in the Book of Jashar?[fn]

So the sun stopped

in the middle of the sky

and delayed its setting

almost a full day.

So Joshua and the Israelites finished inflicting a terrible slaughter on them until they were destroyed, although a few survivors ran away to the fortified cities.

At the end of two months, she returned to her father, and he kept the vow he had made about her. And she had never been intimate with a man. Now it became a custom in Israel

When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years, she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.

Give my son Solomon an undivided heart to keep and to carry out all your commands, your decrees, and your statutes, and to build the building for which I have made provision.

When Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely. Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.

When all this was completed, all Israel who had attended went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, to the last one.[fn] Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own possession.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

that he would decide to crush me,

to unleash his power and cut me off!

You completely overpower him, and he passes on;

you change his appearance and send him away.

he will vanish forever like his own dung.

Those who know[fn] him will ask, “Where is he? ”

The possessions in his house will be removed,

flowing away on the day of God's anger.

If only I knew how to find him,

so that I could go to his throne.

Then an upright man could reason with him,

and I would escape from my Judge[fn] forever.

Answer me when I call,

God, who vindicates me.[fn]

You freed me from affliction;

be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Listen to my words, LORD;

consider my sighing.

LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger;

do not discipline me in your wrath.

LORD, our Lord,

how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

You have covered the heavens with your majesty.[fn]

I will thank the LORD with all my heart;

I will declare all your wondrous works.

The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

you have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished.

For the needy will not always be forgotten;

the hope of the oppressed[fn] will not perish forever.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;

he hides his face and will never see.”

I have taken refuge in the LORD.

How can you say to me,

“Escape to the mountains[fn] like a bird!

Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains;

the loyal have disappeared from the human race.[fn]

How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?

How long will you hide your face from me?

The fool says in his heart, “There's no God.”

They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

You reveal the path of life to me;

in your presence is abundant joy;

at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

I love you, LORD, my strength.

You have given me the shield of your salvation;

your right hand upholds me,

and your humility exalts me.

The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.

May the LORD answer you in a day of trouble;

may the name of Jacob's God protect you.

LORD, the king finds joy in your strength.

How greatly he rejoices in your victory!

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Why are you so far from my deliverance

and from my words of groaning?

I will exalt you, LORD,

because you have lifted me up

and have not allowed my enemies

to triumph over me.

LORD, I seek refuge in you;

let me never be disgraced.

Save me by your righteousness.

An oracle within my heart

concerning the transgression of the wicked person:

Dread of God has no effect on him.[fn]

I said, “I will guard my ways

so that I may not sin with my tongue;

I will guard my mouth with a muzzle

as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

I waited patiently for the LORD,

and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.

Happy is one who is considerate of the poor;

the LORD will save him in a day of adversity.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,

so I long for you, God.

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping?

Get up! Don't reject us forever!

My heart is moved by a noble theme

as I recite my verses to the king;

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

God is our refuge and strength,

a helper who is always found

in times of trouble.

Clap your hands, all you peoples;

shout to God with a jubilant cry.

Hear this, all you peoples;

listen, all who inhabit the world,

so that he may live forever

and not see the Pit.

Be gracious to me, God,

according to your faithful love;

according to your abundant compassion,

blot out my rebellion.

Why boast about evil, you hero!

God's faithful love is constant.

This is why God will bring you down forever.

He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

The fool says in his heart, “There's no God.”

They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might!

God, listen to my prayer

and do not hide from my plea for help.

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;

he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,

for I take refuge in you.

I will seek refuge in the shadow of your wings

until danger passes.

Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?[fn]

Do you judge people fairly?

Rescue me from my enemies, my God;

protect me from those who rise up against me.

God, you have rejected us;

you have broken us down;

you have been angry. Restore us![fn]

God, hear my cry;

pay attention to my prayer.

I am at rest in God alone;

my salvation comes from him.

God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.

Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.

Praise is rightfully yours,[fn]

God, in Zion;

vows to you will be fulfilled.

Let the whole earth shout joyfully to God!

May God be gracious to us and bless us;

may he make his face shine upon usSelah

God arises. His enemies scatter,

and those who hate him flee from his presence.

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,

at the mountain God desired for his abode?

The LORD will dwell there forever!

Save me, God,

for the water has risen to my neck.

God, hurry to rescue me.

LORD, hurry to help me!

Why have you rejected us forever, God?

Why does your anger burn

against the sheep of your pasture?

Make your way[fn] to the perpetual ruins,

to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.

God, how long will the enemy mock?

Will the foe insult your name forever?

Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;[fn]

do not forget the lives of your poor people forever.

We give thanks to you, God;

we give thanks to you, for your name is near.

People tell about your wondrous works.

God is known in Judah;

his name is great in Israel.

I cry aloud to God,

aloud to God, and he will hear me.

“Has his faithful love ceased forever?

Is his promise at an end for all generations?

How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever?

Will your jealousy keep burning like fire?

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

shine

Sing for joy to God our strength;

shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

How lovely is your dwelling place,

LORD of Armies.

LORD, you showed favor to your land;

you restored the fortunes of Jacob.[fn]

LORD, God of my salvation,

I cry out before you day and night.

How long, LORD? Will you hide forever?

Will your anger keep burning like fire?

He will not always accuse us

or be angry forever.

God of my praise, do not be silent.

LORD, you have searched me and known me.

Rescue me, LORD, from evil men.

Keep me safe from violent men

No head or tail, palm or reed,

will be able to do anything for Egypt.

“In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

“For on my holy mountain, Israel's high mountain ​— ​the declaration of the Lord GOD ​— ​there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your contributions and choicest gifts, all your holy offerings.

“I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.

“I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

At the end of ten days they looked better and healthier[fn] than all the young men who were eating the king's food.

At the end of the time that the king had said to present them, the chief eunuch presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

“As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it,[fn] struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than was customary,

But at the end of those days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity returned to me. Then I praised the Most High and honored and glorified him who lives forever:

For his dominion is an everlasting dominion,

and his kingdom is from generation to generation.

“The king of the North will again raise a multitude larger than the first. After some years[fn] he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

Look, the eyes of the Lord GOD

are on the sinful kingdom,

and I will obliterate it

from the face of the earth.

However, I will not totally destroy

the house of Jacob —

this is the LORD's declaration —

This is why the law is ineffective

and justice never emerges.

For the wicked restrict the righteous;

therefore, justice comes out perverted.

and the tribute to the LORD was 675

from the sheep and goats;

It is better to go to a house of mourning

than to go to a house of feasting,

since that is the end of all mankind,

and the living should take it to heart.

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all[fn] humanity.