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Lexicon :: Strong's H1471 - gôy

Aa
גּוֹי
Transliteration
gôy
Pronunciation
go'-ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (H1465)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 326e

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x

The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 558x
The KJV translates Strong's H1471 in the following manner: nation (374x), heathen (143x), Gentiles (30x), people (11x).
masculine noun

  1. nation, people

    1. nation, people

      1. usually of non-Hebrew people

      2. of descendants of Abraham

      3. of Israel

    2. of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.)

      proper masculine noun

    3. Goyim? = "nations"

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹי gôwy, go'-ee; rarely (shortened) גֹּי gôy; apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
STRONGS H1471: Abbreviations
גּוֺי 561 noun masculineGenesis 12:2 nation, people (Late Hebrew id. Gentiles, Phoenician גו community, axvfg, Sabean גו id., DHMZMG 1883, 348) — ג׳ Genesis 12:2 121 times; suffix 1st person singular גּוֺיִ Zephaniah 2:9, גּוֺיֶ֑ךָ Psalm 106:5, גּוֺיֵךְ Kt Ezekiel 36:13, 14, 15 (Qr wrongly גּוֺיַיִךְ compare Co, who strike out Ezekiel 36:15); plural גּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 410 times + Qr Genesis 25:23; Psalm 79:10 (Kt גיים) + 6 times Ezekiel (variant reading emended Co); construct גּוֺיֵי Genesis 18:18 + 8 times, גּוֺיֵ 2 Chronicles 32:13; Ezra 6:21 (compare Baer's notes); suffix גּוֺיֵהֶם Genesis 10:5, 20, 31, 32; —
1. nation, people Genesis 10:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 10:20, 31, 32 (twice in verse) (all P) +; Isaiah 2:2, 4 (twice in verse) = Micah 4:2, 3(twice in verse); Job 12:23 (twice in verse); Job 34:29; Proverbs 14:34; כֹּל גּוֺיֵי הָאָרֶץ Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4 (all J); Deuteronomy 28:1.
a. specifically of descendants of Abraham, גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 12:2; compare Genesis 18:18 (both J), גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:6, הֲמוֺן גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:4, 15 (all P); of Sarah גּוֺיִם Genesis 17:16 (P); of Ishmael גּוֺי Genesis 21:13, גָּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 21:18 (both E), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 17:20 (P); of Jacob גּוֺי וּקְהַל גּוֺיִם Genesis 35:11 (P), גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Genesis 46:3 (E); of Ephraim מְלֹא הַגּ׳ Genesis 48:19 (J); of Moses גּוֺי גָּדוֺל Exodus 32:10 (J) compare Numbers 14:12 (J) Deuteronomy 9:14; of Jacob and Esau as two nations Genesis 25:23 (J).
b. definitely of Israel Exodus 19:6 (קָדוֺשׁ גּ׳) Exodus 33:13 (both J E), Deuteronomy 4:6 (הַגּוֺי הַגָּדוֺל הַזֶּה, said by heathen compare Deuteronomy 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:8) see also Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 26:5 compare Psalm 33:12; Psalm 83:5 (said by enemies) Jeremiah 31:36; Jeremiah 33:24; Ezekiel 37:22; in narrative Joshua 3:17; Joshua 4:1; Joshua 5:8 (JE), Joshua 5:6 (D), Joshua 10:13 (in poetry, no article); of Israel and Judah as two nations Ezekiel 35:10 (said by heathen) Ezekiel 37:22; of Judah Isaiah 26:2, 15 (twice in verse); compare Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 60:22; Micah 4:7; once my people Zephaniah 2:9 (|| עַם); thy people Psalm 106:5 (i.e. of י׳), compare also Ezekiel 36:13, 14 (read Kt); especially of Israel and (or) Judah as sinful, rebellious Deuteronomy 32:28; Judges 2:20; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 10:6; Jeremiah 5:9, 29; Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 9:8; Jeremiah 12:17; Ezekiel 2:3 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Haggai 2:14; Malachi 3:9. — Note. This definite reference to Israel and (or) Judah is comparatively rare; in Hexateuch not P (yet see Genesis 17:4, 5, 6, 16; Genesis 35:11 P); seldom in exile & post-exile prophets; not Chronicles —
c. usually of non-Hebrew peoples Exodus 9:24; Exodus 34:10 (JE) Leviticus 25:44 (H) Numbers 14:15 (J) Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 14:17; 1 Chronicles 16:20; Isaiah 11:10, 12 + often; opposed to Israel as עם י׳ 2 Samuel 7:23; 1 Chronicles 17:21 (twice in verse) etc., see H5971 עם, compare also Numbers 23:9; note especially גְּלִיל הַגּוֺיִם Isaiah 8:23 [Isaiah 9:1] circle or district of the nations (see H1551 גָּלִיל); also חֲרשֶׁת הַגּ׳ Judges 4:2, 13, 16 Charosheth of the nations, & מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם לְגִלְגָּ֖ל Joshua 12:23 king of nations (peoples, tribes) belonging to Gilgal (Greek Version of the LXX Di to the district, i.e 'Galilee'); especially of these peoples as heathen: idolatrous Leviticus 8:24, 28 (P) Leviticus 20:23 (H) 1 Kings 14:24; 2 Kings 17:8, 11, 15, 26, 29 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 28:3; 32:13 +, Ezra 6:21; Ezekiel 5:6 +; hostile Genesis 15:14 (J) Leviticus 26:33, 38, 45 (H) Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; Deuteronomy 18:9; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Jeremiah 5:15; Ezekiel 4:13 — Jeremiah Ezekiel, etc.; in simile Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 25:8; sometimes || עַם Psalm 33:10; Psalm 33:12; Isaiah 11:10; Jeremiah 6:18, see also Isaiah 2:2, 4 compare with Micah 4:1, 3.
2. figurative of swarm of locusts Joel 1:6; of all species of beasts Zephaniah 2:14.
3. גּוֺיִם Genesis 14:1, 9 probably mutilated proper name see below.

גּוֺיִם proper name, of a people Genesis 14:1, 9, in phrase תִּדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גּוֺיִם Tid`al king of Goim; probably a Babylonian (Elamitic, etc.) name corrupted; H. Rawlinson proposes Gutî a people northeast of Babylonia COT on Genesis 14:1; also KGF258and elsewhere; compare also DlPa 233 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31; 10:32; 10:32; 12:1; 12:2; 12:2; 12:2; 14:1; 14:1; 14:1; 14:9; 14:9; 15:14; 17:4; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:15; 17:16; 17:16; 17:20; 18:18; 18:18; 18:18; 21:13; 21:18; 22:18; 25:23; 25:23; 26:4; 35:11; 35:11; 46:3; 48:19

Exodus

9:24; 19:6; 32:10; 33:13; 34:10

Leviticus

8:24; 8:28; 20:23; 25:44; 26:33; 26:38; 26:45

Numbers

14:12; 14:15; 23:9

Deuteronomy

4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:27; 4:34; 9:4; 9:5; 9:14; 15:6; 18:9; 26:5; 28:1; 32:28

Joshua

3:17; 4:1; 5:6; 5:8; 10:13; 12:23

Judges

2:20; 4:2; 4:13; 4:16

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

5:11; 14:24

2 Kings

17:8; 17:11; 17:15; 17:26; 17:29

1 Chronicles

14:17; 16:20; 16:35; 17:21

2 Chronicles

28:3; 32:13; 32:13

Ezra

6:21; 6:21

Job

12:23; 34:29

Psalms

33:10; 33:12; 33:12; 79:10; 83:5; 106:5; 106:5

Proverbs

14:34

Isaiah

1:4; 2:2; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 9:1; 10:6; 11:10; 11:10; 11:12; 26:2; 26:15; 58:2; 60:22

Jeremiah

5:9; 5:15; 5:29; 6:18; 7:28; 9:8; 12:17; 31:36; 33:24

Ezekiel

2:3; 4:13; 5:6; 20:32; 25:8; 35:10; 36:13; 36:13; 36:14; 36:14; 36:15; 36:15; 37:22; 37:22

Joel

1:6

Micah

4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:3; 4:7

Zephaniah

2:9; 2:9; 2:14

Haggai

2:14

Malachi

3:9

H1471

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Strong's Number H1471 matches the Hebrew גּוֹי (gôy),
which occurs 567 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 11 (Isa 45:1–Jer 14:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations H1471 before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: H1471 they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 - And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, H1471 that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation H1471 abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:22 - Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, H1471 and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; H1471 and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:15 - So shall he sprinkle many nations; H1471 the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, H1471 and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 - Behold, thou shalt call a nation H1471 that thou knowest not, and nations H1471 that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:2 - Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation H1471 that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:3 - And the Gentiles H1471 shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles H1471 shall come unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, H1471 and that their kings may be brought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - For the nation H1471 and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, H1471 those nations H1471 shall be utterly wasted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, H1471 and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a H1471 strong nation: H1471 I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:6 - But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, H1471 and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, H1471 and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:2 - And the Gentiles H1471 shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:2 - As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations H1471 may tremble at thy presence!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1 - I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation H1471 that was not called by my name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:8 - Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation H1471 be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 - For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles H1471 like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations H1471 and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, H1471 to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations H1471 upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations H1471 and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:11 - Hath a nation H1471 changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations H1471 shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:19 - But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? H1471 and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations H1471 shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles H1471 is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 - Make ye mention to the nations; H1471 behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:9 - Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on H1471 such a nation H1471 as this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 - Lo, I will bring a nation H1471 upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a H1471 mighty nation, H1471 it is an ancient nation, H1471 a nation H1471 whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:29 - Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on H1471 such a nation H1471 as this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:18 - Therefore hear, ye nations, H1471 and know, O congregation, what is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a H1471 great nation H1471 shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:28 - But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation H1471 that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:9 - Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on H1471 such a nation H1471 as this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16 - I will scatter them also among the heathen, H1471 whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations H1471 are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, H1471 and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen H1471 are dismayed at them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:7 - Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? H1471 for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, H1471 and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:10 - But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations H1471 shall not be able to abide his indignation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out thy fury upon the heathen H1471 that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:17 - But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, H1471 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles H1471 that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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