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Lexicon :: Strong's H5162 - nāḥam

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נָחַם
Transliteration
nāḥam
Pronunciation
naw-kham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1344

Strong’s Definitions

נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham'; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x

The KJV translates Strong's H5162 in the following manner: comfort (57x), repent (41x), comforter (9x), ease (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 108x
The KJV translates Strong's H5162 in the following manner: comfort (57x), repent (41x), comforter (9x), ease (1x).

  1. to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion

      2. to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent

      3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

      4. to comfort oneself, ease oneself

    2. (Piel) to comfort, console

    3. (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled

    4. (Hithpael)

      1. to be sorry, have compassion

      2. to rue, repent of

      3. to comfort oneself, be comforted

      4. to ease oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָחַם nâcham, naw-kham'; a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself):—comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
STRONGS H5162: Abbreviations
† [נחם] verb Niph. be sorry, console, oneself, etc. (only in derived species) (Late Hebrew Pi. comfort; Phoenician in proper name Lzb322; Targum Pa. = Late Hebrew, and derivatives; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic, Pa. id., SchwIdioticon 54; Arabic bdb063604 breathe pantingly (of horse)); —
Niph.
Perfect נִחַם Amos 7:3 + 4 times; נִח֑ם Jeremiah 20:16 + 2 times; 1st person singular נִחַמְתִּי Genesis 6:7 + 8 times; נִחָ֑מְתִּי Zechariah 8:14; 2nd person masculine plural נִחַמְתֶּם Ezekiel 14:22; Imperfect יִנָּחֵם Exodus 13:17 + 6 times; וַיִּנָּ֫תֶם Genesis 6:6 + 6 times; + 5 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּחֵם Exodus 32:12; Psalm 90:13; Infinitive הִנָּחֵם Jeremiah 31:15; 1 Samuel 15:29; Participle נִחָם Judges 21:15 + 3 times; —
1. be sorry, moved to pity, have compassion, for others, absolute Jeremiah 15:6; with על Psalm 90:13; אֶל Judges 21:6; לְ Judges 21:15; מִן Judges 2:18.
2. be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent, of one's own doings, absolute Exodus 13:17 (E), Psalm 106:45; Jeremiah 20:16; Joel 2:14; Zechariah 8:14; || שׁקּר 1 Samuel 15:29 (twice in verse); מאס Job 42:6; שׁוב Jeremiah 4:28; Jeremiah 31:19; Jonah 3:9; חוּס Ezekiel 24:14; לא נ׳, || נשׂבע Psalm 110:4; with עַל Amos 7:3, 6; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 18:10; עלהֿרעה for ill done to others Exodus 32:12, 14 (J), Jeremiah 18:8; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10; Jonah 4:2; אלהֿרעה 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15 (על), Jeremiah 26:8, 13, 19; Jeremiah 42:10; כְּי Genesis 6:6, 7 (J), 1 Samuel 15:11, 35.
3. comfort oneself, be comforted: absolute Genesis 38:12 (J) Psalm 77:3; Ezekiel 31:16; with עַל 2 Samuel 13:39; Jeremiah 31:15; על הרעה, concerning the evil Ezekiel 14:22; Ezekiel 32:31; אחרי Genesis 24:67 (J).
4. comfort oneself, ease oneself, by taking vengeance with מן Isaiah 1:24; על Isaiah 57:6.
Piel Perfect נִחַם Isaiah 49:13; + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יְנַחֵם Job 29:25; 3rd person masculine plural יְנַחֲמוּ Job 42:11; יְנַחֵמ֑וּן Zechariah 10:2 + 13 times Imperfect; Imperative נַחֲמוּ Isaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Infinitive נַחֵם Isaiah 61:2; suffix נַחֲמוֺ Genesis 37:35 + 9 times Infinitive; Participle מְנַחֵם Lamentations 1:2, plural מְנַחֲמִים Psalm 69:21. + 11 times Participle — comfort, console, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), 1 Chronicles 19:3 = 2 Samuel 10:3; Psalm 69:21; Ecclesiastes 4:1 (twice in verse); Zechariah 10:2; Nahum 3:7; Lamentations 1:16; with accusative of person Genesis 50:21 (E) 2 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Chronicles 19:2; Job 2:11; Job 7:13; Job 21:34; Job 29:25; Ruth 2:13; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 71:21; Psalm 119:76; Psalm 119:82; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 40:1 (twice in verse); Isaiah 51:3 (twice in verse); Isaiah 51:12, 19; Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 66:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:23; Ezekiel 16:54; Zechariah 1:17; Lamentations 2:13; || עזר Psalm 86:17; רַחֵם Isaiah 49:13; גאל Isaiah 52:9; שׂמּח Jeremiah 31:13; מן of thing Genesis 5:29 (J); על Jeremiah 16:7; Jeremiah 42:11; אל 2 Samuel 10:2 = על 1 Chronicles 19:2; מְנִחֲמֵי עמל Job 16:2; אֵין מְנַחֵם לְ Lamentations 1:2, 9, 17, 21.
Pual Perfect נֻחָ֑מָה Isaiah 54:11; Imperfect תְּנֻחָ֑מוּ Isaiah 66:13; be comforted, consoled.
Hithpa. Perfect 1st person singular וְהִנֶּחָ֑מְתּי (for הִתְנ׳; but strike out Co) Ezekiel 5:13; Imperfect יִתְנֶחָ֑ם Deuteronomy 32:36 + 2 times; 1st person singular אֶתְנֶח֑ם Psalm 119:52; Infinitive הִתְנַחֵם Genesis 37:35; Participle מִתְנַחֵם Genesis 27:42 —
1. be sorry, have compassion עַלעֲֿבָדָיו upon his servants Deuteronomy 32:36 = Psalm 135:14.
2. rue, repent of, || כזּב, Numbers 23:19 (poem).
3. comfort oneself, be comforted, absolute Genesis 37:35 (J), Psalm 119:52.
4. ease oneself, by taking vengeance Ezekiel 5:13 (?); with לִ person Genesis 27:42 (JE): compareQal 4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:29; 6:6; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 24:67; 27:42; 27:42; 37:35; 37:35; 37:35; 37:35; 38:12; 50:21

Exodus

13:17; 13:17; 32:12; 32:12; 32:14

Numbers

23:19

Deuteronomy

32:36; 32:36

Judges

2:18; 21:6; 21:15; 21:15

Ruth

2:13

1 Samuel

15:11; 15:29; 15:29; 15:35

2 Samuel

10:2; 10:3; 12:24; 13:39; 24:16

1 Chronicles

7:21; 19:2; 19:2; 19:3; 21:15

Job

2:11; 7:13; 16:2; 21:34; 29:25; 29:25; 42:6; 42:11

Psalms

23:4; 69:21; 69:21; 71:21; 77:3; 86:17; 90:13; 90:13; 106:45; 110:4; 119:52; 119:52; 119:76; 119:82; 135:14

Ecclesiastes

4:1

Isaiah

1:24; 12:1; 22:4; 40:1; 40:1; 49:13; 49:13; 51:3; 51:12; 51:19; 52:9; 54:11; 57:6; 61:2; 61:2; 66:13; 66:13

Jeremiah

4:28; 8:6; 15:6; 16:7; 18:8; 18:10; 20:16; 20:16; 26:8; 26:13; 26:19; 31:13; 31:15; 31:15; 31:19; 42:10; 42:11

Lamentations

1:2; 1:2; 1:9; 1:16; 1:17; 1:21; 2:13

Ezekiel

5:13; 5:13; 14:22; 14:22; 14:23; 16:54; 24:14; 31:16; 32:31

Joel

2:13; 2:14

Amos

7:3; 7:3; 7:6

Jonah

3:9; 3:10; 4:2

Nahum

3:7

Zechariah

1:17; 8:14; 8:14; 10:2; 10:2

H5162

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Strong's Number H5162 matches the Hebrew נָחַם (nāḥam),
which occurs 108 times in 100 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 5:29–Isa 1:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief[fn] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:6 - And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - So the LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:12 - In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.” Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 - When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:14 - And the LORD relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:19 - God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the LORD will vindicate[fn] his people
and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, bond or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, “One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:15 - And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:11 - “I regret[fn] that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the LORD all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:29 - And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:35 - And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - And David said, “I will deal loyally[fn] with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 - Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And the spirit of the king[fn] longed to go out[fn] to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - And David said, “I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt kindly with me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to the land of the Ammonites to Hanun to console him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw, and he relented from the calamity. And he said to the angel who was working destruction, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - “I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then will you comfort me with empty nothings?
There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 - I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:6 - therefore I despise myself,
and repent[fn] in dust and ashes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil[fn] that the LORD had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money[fn] and a ring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[fn]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 - Reproaches have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none,
and for comforters, but I found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:21 - You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:17 - Show me a sign of your favor,
that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Return, O LORD! How long?
Have pity on your servants!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:45 - For their sake he remembered his covenant,
and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:4 - The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:52

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:52 - When I think of your rules from of old,
I take comfort, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:76

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 - Let your steadfast love comfort me
according to your promise to your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes long for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:14 - For the LORD will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord declares,
the LORD of hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
and avenge myself on my foes.

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