Lexicon :: Strong's H622 - 'āsap̄

Then the prophet Shemaiah went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me; therefore, I have abandoned you to Shishak.”

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers, and when they saw that there was a large amount of silver, the king’s secretary and the high priest’s deputy came and emptied the chest, picked it up, and returned it to its place. They did this daily and gathered the silver in abundance.

Then Ahaz gathered up the utensils of God’s temple, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the LORD’s temple, and made himself altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.

because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves, and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem.

So they went to the high priest Hilkiah and gave him the silver brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected it from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

When the seventh month arrived, and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.

Everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me, because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat devastated until the evening offering.

all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses that the LORD had given Israel.

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

The singers gathered from the region around Jerusalem, from the settlements of the Netophathites,

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;

when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

If he put his mind to it

and withdrew the spirit and breath he gave,

Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain

and bring it to your threshing floor?

Do not destroy me along with sinners,

or my life along with men of bloodshed

Even if my father and mother abandon me,

the LORD cares for me.

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;

they gathered against me.

Assailants I did not know

tore at me and did not stop.

“Yes, a person goes about like a mere shadow.

Indeed, they rush around in vain,

gathering possessions

without knowing who will get them.

The nobles of the peoples have assembled

with the people of the God of Abraham.

For the leaders[fn] of the earth belong to God;

he is greatly exalted.

“Gather my faithful ones to me,

those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

You withdrew all your fury;

you turned from your burning anger.

The sun rises; they go back

and lie down in their dens.

When hay is removed and new growth appears

and the grain from the hills is gathered in,

Who has gone up to heaven and come down?

Who has gathered the wind in his hands?

Who has bound up the waters in a cloak?

Who has established all the ends of the earth?

What is his name,

and what is the name of his son —

if you know?

For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

On that day seven women

will seize one man, saying,

“We will eat our own bread

and provide our own clothing.

Just let us bear your name.

Take away our disgrace.”

My hand has reached out, as if into a nest,

to seize the wealth of the nations.

Like one gathering abandoned eggs,

I gathered the whole earth.

No wing fluttered;

no beak opened or chirped.

He will lift up a banner for the nations

and gather the dispersed of Israel;

he will collect the scattered of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

Listen, a commotion on the mountains,

like that of a mighty people!

Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,

like nations being gathered together!

The LORD of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.

Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard;

no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards.

No one tramples grapes[fn] in the winepresses.

I have put an end to the shouting.

It will be as if a reaper had gathered standing grain —

his arm harvesting the heads of grain —

and as if one had gleaned heads of grain

in Rephaim Valley.

They will be gathered together

like prisoners in a pit.

They will be confined to a dungeon;

after many days they will be punished.

Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;

people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.

All the nations are gathered together,

and the peoples are assembled.

Who among them can declare this,

and tell us the former things?

Let them present their witnesses

to vindicate themselves,

so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”

And now, says the LORD,

who formed me from the womb to be his servant,

to bring Jacob back to him

so that Israel might be gathered to him;

for I am honored in the sight of the LORD,

and my God is my strength —

For you will not leave in a hurry,

and you will not have to take flight;

because the LORD is going before you,

and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

The righteous person perishes,

and no one takes it to heart;

the faithful are taken away,

with no one realizing

that the righteous person is taken away

because of[fn] evil.

“Then your light will appear like the dawn,

and your recovery will come quickly.

Your righteousness will go before you,

and the LORD’s glory will be your rear guard.

Your sun will no longer set,

and your moon will not fade;

for the LORD will be your everlasting light,

and the days of your sorrow will be over.

For those who gather grain will eat it

and praise the LORD,

and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine

in my holy courts.

Declare in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,

Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land.

Cry out loudly and say,

“Assemble yourselves,

and let’s flee to the fortified cities.”

“They will be exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky, which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the soil’s surface.