Lexicon :: Strong's H312 - 'aḥēr

The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,

Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall and heightening the towers and the other outside wall. He repaired the supporting terraces of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields.

“because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods so as to anger me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’

30 gold bowls,

410 various[fn] silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.

“We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless[fn] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

“If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

Surely this is the joy of his way of life;

yet others will sprout from the dust.

let someone else eat what I have sown,

and let my crops be uprooted.

He shatters the mighty without an investigation

and sets others in their place.

The sorrows of those who take another god

for themselves will multiply;

I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,

and I will not speak their names with my lips.

For one can see that the wise die;

the foolish and stupid also pass away.

Then they leave their wealth to others.

wandering from nation to nation

and from one kingdom to another,

Let his days be few;

let another take over his position.

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others

and your years to someone cruel;

Make your case with your opponent

without revealing another’s secret;

for in your heart you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.

For he will speak to this people

with stammering speech

and in a foreign language.

“I am the LORD. That is my name,

and I will not give my glory to another

or my praise to idols.

“I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own,

for how can I[fn] be defiled?

I will not give my glory to another.

“You will leave your name behind

as a curse for my chosen ones,

and the Lord GOD will kill you;

but he will give his servants another name.

“I will pronounce my judgments against them for all the evil they did when they abandoned me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.

If[fn] a man divorces his wife

and she leaves him to marry another,

can he ever return to her?

Wouldn’t such a land[fn] become totally defiled?

But you!

You have prostituted yourself with many partners —

can you return to me?

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Their houses will be turned over to others,

their fields and wives as well,

for I will stretch out my hand

against the inhabitants of the land.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

“Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,

their fields to new occupants,

for from the least to the greatest,

everyone is making profit dishonestly.

From prophet to priest,

everyone deals falsely.

“They have returned to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to obey my words and have followed other gods to worship them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah broke my covenant I made with their ancestors.

“These evil people, who refuse to listen to me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and bow in worship ​— ​they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

“Then you will answer them, ‘Because your ancestors abandoned me ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​and followed other gods, served them, and bowed in worship to them. Indeed, they abandoned me and did not keep my instruction.

But the jar that he was making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.

“because they have abandoned me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

“They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.’ ”

“Do not follow other gods to serve them and to bow in worship to them, and do not anger me by the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.

“The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire. They will burn it, including the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to anger me.

“Time and time again[fn] I have sent you all my servants the prophets, proclaiming, “Turn, each one from his evil way, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay attention or obey me.

“Take another scroll, and once again write on it the original words that were on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.

“because of the evil they committed to anger me, by going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your ancestors did not know.