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Lexicon :: Strong's H7604 - šā'ar

Aa
שָׁאַר
Transliteration
šā'ar
Pronunciation
shaw-ar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2307,2308

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁאַר shâʼar, shaw-ar'; a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant:—leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x

The KJV translates Strong's H7604 in the following manner: leave (75x), remain (46x), remnant (4x), let (3x), rest (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x
The KJV translates Strong's H7604 in the following manner: leave (75x), remain (46x), remnant (4x), let (3x), rest (2x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to remain, be left over, be left behind

    1. (Qal) to remain

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be left over, be left alive, survive

        1. remainder, remnant (participle)

      2. to be left behind

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to leave over, spare

      2. to leave or keep over

      3. to have left

      4. to leave (as a gift)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁאַר shâʼar, shaw-ar'; a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant:—leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
STRONGS H7604: Abbreviations
I. שָׁאַר 133 verb remain, be left over (Synonym יָתַר (Late Hebrew id.; Targum שְׁאַר; Sabean סאר remaining HomChr 124; Arabic bdb098304, bdb098305 be left over, Lane, compare Lane, compare LagGGN 1889, 297; Old Aramaic שאר remainder, Nabataean שארית, see Lzb371 SAC110); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ 1 Samuel 16:11 the youngest still remains.
Niph. 93 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁאַר Genesis 47:18 +; 3rd person feminine singularנִשְׁאֲרָה Joshua 13:1; Daniel 10:8, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁאֵר Isaiah 11:11, 16, וַיִּשּׁ֫אֶר Genesis 7:23, etc.;,Participle נִשְׁאָר Genesis 32:9 +, וְנֵאשֲׁאַר Ezekiel 9:8 (read וְנִשְׁאָר Hi Toy Krae, וָאֶשָּׁ֫אֶר Sm; strike out Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co Siegf Berthol); feminine נִשְׁאָרָה 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31, נִשְׁאֶ֫רֶת Exodus 10:5; 2 Chronicles 30:6, נִשְׁאָ֫רֶת Joshua 13:2, etc.; —
1. be left over (sometimes ||) Exodus 8:27; Exodus 10:19; Exodus 14:28 (all J), Joshua 11:22 (D), Judges 7:3; 2 Samuel 14:7 +; in restrictive clause זוּלַת לא נ׳ 2 Kings 24:14 there were left only, etc.,אדֹנִי בִּלְתִּי אִם וגו׳ Genesis 47:18 (J); followed by accusative adverb (Ges§ 118q), or appositive, Deuteronomy 4:27; Ezra 9:15, compare בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט נ׳ Deuteronomy 28:62 (Ges§ 119i); sometimes with ב location Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:7 (J), Jeremiah 38:22 +; with אֵת (preposition local) Joshua 23:7, 12 (D); with מִן = be left from (of) † Exodus 10:5 (J), Deuteronomy 3:11; Joshua 13:12 (D), Isaiah 11:11, 16; Jeremiah 8:3a (participle; Jeremiah 8:3b strike out הַנּ Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Hi Gf Gie Co), Nehemiah 1:2, 3, מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה נ׳ Jeremiah 42:2; with לְ to or for, 2 Kings 10:11, 17 (participle), Zechariah 9:7; 2 Chronicles 21:17, לָכֶם מִןהַֿבָּרָד הַנּ׳ Exodus 10:5, compare 2 Chronicles 30:6 and (ב location for ל) Jeremiah 21:7; with בְּ in, among, of, 1 Samuel 11:11; Isaiah 17:6; Jeremiah 34:7; Jeremiah 37:10; Leviticus 26:36, 39 (H; participle), Leviticus 25:52 (P; of years), even בַּדָּם הַנּ׳ Leviticus 5:9 (P) the rest of the blood; with לְַ 1 Samuel 5:4; with infinitive לְרִשְׁתָּהּ נ׳ Joshua 13:1 (D); = be left alive, survive, Genesis 7:23 (J), Ezekiel 9:8 (but on text see above); הַנּ׳ = the survivors, Genesis 14:10; 1 Samuel 11:11; Ezekiel 17:21; participle as technical term = the (purified) remainder, remnant (compare שְׁאָר, שְׁאֵרִית) Isaiah 4:3 (ב location; ||), 2 Chronicles 34:21 (ב location). — הַנּ׳ 1 Samuel 9:24 is dubious; what is left over, in polite depreciation, Bu; read הַשְּׁאֵר HPS.
2. be left behind, Exodus 10:26 (E), Numbers 11:26 (JE); with לְבַדּוֺ Genesis 42:38 (J), compare Isaiah 49:21; Daniel 10:8; of widow Ruth 1:3 + מִן of the dead Ruth 1:5.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singularהִשְׁאִיר Exodus 10:12 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁאִיר Deuteronomy 28:51, 1st person plural נַשְׁאֵר 1 Samuel 14:36 (Ges§ 48g; 109d Köp. 466 f.), etc.; Infinitive construct הַשְׁאִיר Ezra 9:8, see also below; —
1. leave over, spare, with accusative Exodus 10:12(E), 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 49:9 = Obadiah 5; Joshua 11:14 (D), Judges 6:4; אֶסְלַח לַאֲשֶׁר אַשׁ׳ Jeremiah 50:20; especially שָׂרִיד לֹא הִשׁ׳ leave no survivor, Joshua 10:28, compare Joshua 10:30; Joshua 10:37; Joshua 10:39; Joshua 10:40 (all D), so שׂ׳ דְַבִּֿלְתִּי הִשׁ׳ (sometimes with ל person) Numbers 21:35(E) = Deuteronomy 3:3, compare Deuteronomy 2:34; Joshua 8:22; Joshua 11:8 (both J E), Joshua 10:33(D), 2 Kings 10:11, and מִבְּלִי לוֺ כֹּ֑ל הִשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 28:55 (in all these read Infinitive construct הַשׁ׳, see DrDeuteronomy 3:3; 7:24); with ב, among, of, 1 Samuel 14:36, ב location 1 Kings 19:18; Zephaniah 3:12 (in both of preserving a pious remnant, compare שְׁאָר, שְׁאֵרִית), also 2 Kings 3:25 (Bur reads בָּנֶיהָ for אֲבָנֶיהָ, Kit אֲנָשִׁים, compare Klo Benz); with לְ person Deuteronomy 28:51; 1 Kings 15:29; 1 Kings 16:11; 2 Kings 13:7; Ezra 9:8; with מִן, from, of, 2 Kings 10:14, מִן particle 1 Samuel 25:22; 2 Kings 25:12 = Jeremiah 52:16; Jeremiah 39:10.
2. leave or keep over (מִן particle) till morning Numbers 9:12 (P).
3. מֵאָה תַּשׁ׳ Amos 5:3 the city shall have100left, compare Amos 5:3.
4. leave as a gift, אַחֲרָיו בְּרָכָה וְהִשׁ׳ Joel 2:14. — We Now read וַיַּשְׁאֵר H7605Malachi 2:15, see שְׁאָר.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:23; 7:23; 14:10; 32:9; 42:38; 47:18; 47:18

Exodus

8:5; 8:7; 8:27; 10:5; 10:5; 10:5; 10:12; 10:12; 10:19; 10:26; 14:28

Leviticus

5:9; 25:52; 26:36; 26:39

Numbers

9:12; 11:26; 21:35

Deuteronomy

2:34; 3:3; 3:3; 3:11; 4:27; 7:24; 28:51; 28:51; 28:55; 28:62

Joshua

8:22; 10:28; 10:30; 10:33; 10:37; 10:39; 10:40; 11:8; 11:14; 11:22; 13:1; 13:1; 13:2; 13:12; 23:7; 23:12

Judges

6:4; 7:3

Ruth

1:3; 1:5

1 Samuel

5:4; 9:24; 11:11; 11:11; 14:36; 14:36; 16:11; 25:22

2 Samuel

14:7

1 Kings

15:29; 16:11; 19:18

2 Kings

3:25; 10:11; 10:11; 10:14; 10:17; 13:7; 19:30; 24:14; 25:12; 25:22

2 Chronicles

21:17; 30:6; 30:6; 34:21

Ezra

9:8; 9:8; 9:15

Nehemiah

1:2; 1:3

Isaiah

4:3; 11:11; 11:11; 11:16; 11:16; 17:6; 37:31; 49:21

Jeremiah

8:3; 8:3; 21:7; 34:7; 37:10; 38:22; 39:10; 42:2; 49:9; 50:20; 52:16

Ezekiel

9:8; 9:8; 17:21

Daniel

10:8; 10:8

Joel

2:14

Amos

5:3; 5:3

Obadiah

1:5

Zephaniah

3:12

Zechariah

9:7

Malachi

2:15

H7604

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7604 matches the Hebrew שָׁאַר (šā'ar),
which occurs 133 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Rth 1:5–Jer 38:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:5 - both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But the next morning the same thing happened—Dagon had fallen face down before the Ark of the LORD again. This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24 - So the cook brought in the meat and placed it before Saul. “Go ahead and eat it,” Samuel said. “I was saving it for you even before I invited these others!” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul said, “Let’s chase the Philistines all night and plunder them until sunrise. Let’s destroy every last one of them.”
His men replied, “We’ll do whatever you think is best.”
But the priest said, “Let’s ask God first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22 - May God strike me and kill me[fn] if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn’t deserve to inherit his family’s property.’ They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband’s name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - He immediately slaughtered all the descendants of King Jeroboam, so that not one of the royal family was left, just as the LORD had promised concerning Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, leaving him not even a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:18 - Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - He banished from the land the rest of the male and female shrine prostitutes, who still continued their practices from the days of his father, Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - One of his officers replied, “We had better send out scouts to check into this. Let them take five of the remaining horses. If something happens to them, it will be no worse than if they stay here and die with the rest of us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s relatives living in Jezreel and all his important officials, his personal friends, and his priests. So Ahab was left without a single survivor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:14 - “Take them alive!” Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed everyone who was left there from Ahab’s family, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came—not a single one remained behind—and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - Finally, Jehoahaz’s army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Aram had killed the others, trampling them like dust under his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:18 - Because the LORD was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And you who are left in Judah,
who have escaped the ravages of the siege,
will put roots down in your own soil
and will grow up and flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, then took as exiles the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in Judah to care for the vineyards and fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan as governor over the people he had left in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - Then he addressed the entire assembly of Israel as follows: “If you approve and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasturelands. Let us invite them to come and join us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - They marched against Judah, broke down its defenses, and carried away everything of value in the royal palace, including the king’s sons and his wives. Only his youngest son, Ahaziah,[fn] was spared.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - At the king’s command, runners were sent throughout Israel and Judah. They carried letters that said: “O people of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,[fn] so that he will return to the few of us who have survived the conquest of the Assyrian kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the LORD’s great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4 - Wherever this Jewish remnant is found, let their neighbors contribute toward their expenses by giving them silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock, as well as a voluntary offering for the Temple of God in Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now we have been given a brief moment of grace, for the LORD our God has allowed a few of us to survive as a remnant. He has given us security in this holy place. Our God has brightened our eyes and granted us some relief from our slavery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:15 - O LORD, God of Israel, you are just. We come before you in our guilt as nothing but an escaped remnant, though in such a condition none of us can stand in your presence.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - Hanani, one of my brothers, came to visit me with some other men who had just arrived from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had returned there from captivity and about how things were going in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - “How can your empty clichés comfort me?
All your explanations are lies!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:3 - All who remain in Zion
will be a holy people—
those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem
and are recorded among the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,[fn] and Elam;
in Babylonia,[fn] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 - He will make a highway for the remnant of his people,
the remnant coming from Assyria,
just as he did for Israel long ago
when they returned from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - Only a few of its people will be left,
like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest.
Only two or three remain in the highest branches,
four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,”
declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
and only a few are left alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:12 - The city is left in ruins,
its gates battered down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And you who are left in Judah,
who have escaped the ravages of the siege,
will put roots down in your own soil
and grow up and flourish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - Then you will think to yourself,
‘Who has given me all these descendants?
For most of my children were killed,
and the rest were carried away into exile.
I was left here all alone.
Where did all these people come from?
Who bore these children?
Who raised them for me?’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:3 - And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - “But the bad figs,” the LORD said, “represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - At this time the Babylonian army was besieging Jerusalem, Lachish, and Azekah—the only fortified cities of Judah not yet captured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - So these officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will undermine the morale of the few fighting men we have left, as well as that of all the people. This man is a traitor!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - All the women left in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the Babylonian army. Then the women will taunt you, saying,
‘What fine friends you have!
They have betrayed and misled you.
When your feet sank in the mud,
they left you to your fate!’

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