Shemer's descendants included Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

Then they will be dismayed and put to shame because of Cush, their hope, and Egypt, their jewel.

This is what the LORD says: "See, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; and you will nurse, and you will be carried on her hip, and bounced upon her knees.

It is good to hope and wait patiently for the LORD's salvation.

Isn't he really speaking for our benefit? Yes, this was written for our benefit, because the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.

She bears up under everything; believes the best in all; there is no limit to her hope, and never will she fall.

Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

He has rescued us from a terrible death, and he will continue to rescue us. Yes, he is the one on whom we have set our hope, and he will rescue us again,

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God.

as we wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.