Lexicon :: Strong's H1540 - gālâ

In the streets they cry[fn] for wine.

All joy grows dark;

earth’s rejoicing goes into exile.

For look, the LORD is coming from his place

to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.

The earth will reveal the blood shed on it

and will no longer conceal her slain.

My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me

like a shepherd’s tent.

I have rolled up my life like a weaver;

he cuts me off from the loom.

By nightfall[fn] you make an end of me.

And the glory of the LORD will appear,

and all humanity[fn] together will see it,

for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

“Take millstones and grind flour;

remove your veil,

strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,

wade through the streams.

saying to the prisoners, “Come out,”

and to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”

They will feed along the pathways,

and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.

Who has believed what we have heard?[fn]

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

This is what the LORD says:

Preserve justice and do what is right,

for my salvation is coming soon,

and my righteousness will be revealed.

You have set up your memorial

behind the door and doorpost.

For away from me, you stripped,

went up, and made your bed wide,

and you have made a bargain[fn] for yourself with them.

You have loved their bed;

you have gazed on their genitals.[fn][fn]

It also came throughout the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.

But, LORD of Armies, who judges righteously,

who tests heart[fn] and mind,

let me see your vengeance on them,

for I have presented my case to you.

The cities of the Negev are under siege;

no one can help them.

All of Judah has been taken into exile,

taken completely into exile.

“for this is what the LORD says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

“but he will die in the place where they deported him, never seeing this land again.”

After King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah[fn] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the officials of Judah, and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

those King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take when he deported Jeconiah[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining exiled elders, the priests, the prophets, and all the people Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon.

“I took the purchase agreement ​— ​the sealed copy with its terms and conditions and the open copy ​— ​

“Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance[fn] of true peace.

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, deported the rest of the people to Babylon ​— ​those who had remained in the city and those deserters who had defected to him along with the rest of the people who remained.

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, released him at Ramah. When he found him, he was bound in chains with all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

“Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Chaldeans to put us to death or to deport us to Babylon! ”

But I will strip Esau bare;

I will uncover his secret places.

He will try to hide, but he will be unable.

His descendants will be destroyed

along with his relatives and neighbors.

He will exist no longer.

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

Judah has gone into exile

following[fn] affliction and harsh slavery;

she lives among the nations

but finds no place to rest.

All her pursuers have overtaken her

in narrow places.

Your prophets saw visions for you

that were empty and deceptive;[fn]

they did not reveal your iniquity

and so restore your fortunes.

They saw pronouncements for you

that were empty and misleading.

Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete;

he will not lengthen your exile.[fn]

But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom,

and will expose your sins.

“Now you, son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

“I will demolish the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

“This is what the Lord GOD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness exposed by your acts of prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children that you gave to them,

“Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your actions ​— ​since you have done this, you will be captured by them.

“Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.

“They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. Since they executed judgment against her, she became notorious among women.

“And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile on account of their iniquity, because they dealt unfaithfully with me. Therefore, I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.