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Judges 5:23

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

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ASV

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah. Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, Because they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

KJV

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
א֣וֹרוּ'o.rucurseH779 →
מֵר֗וֹזme.RozMerozH4789 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
מַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֹ֥רוּ'O.rucurseH779 →
אָר֖וֹר'a.Rorcontinuously <to curse>H779 →
יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָyo.she.Vei.hainhabitants itsH3427 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
בָ֙אוּ֙va.'uthey cameH935 →
לְעֶזְרַ֣תle.'ez.Ratto [the] help ofH5833 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לְעֶזְרַ֥תle.'ez.Ratto [the] help ofH5833 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בַּגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃ba.gi.bo.Rimon the mighty [ones]H1368 →

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Judges 21:5The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!Judges 21:9–10For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.Jeremiah 48:10Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.Judges 21:10So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,Judges 2:1Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.Nehemiah 3:5Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.Judges 4:6She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.Judges 13:3The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.Judges 6:11Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”Romans 15:18I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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