'Tread' in the Bible
Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.
“Blessed are you, O Israel;Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,Who is the shield of your helpAnd the sword of your majesty!So your enemies will cringe before you,And you will tread upon their high places.”
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
“Within the walls they produce oil;They tread wine presses but thirst.
“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Through God we shall do valiantly,And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.
You will tread upon the lion and cobra,The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.
Through God we will do valiantly,And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries.
“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them,‘The Lord will roar from on highAnd utter His voice from His holy habitation;He will roar mightily against His fold.He will shout like those who tread the grapes,Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
“So gladness and joy are taken awayFrom the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab.And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses;No one will tread them with shouting,The shouting will not be shouts of joy.
Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?
As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!’”
“Thus he said: ‘The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.Come, tread, for the wine press is full;The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
“You will sow but you will not reap.You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil;And the grapes, but you will not drink wine.
He will again have compassion on us;He will tread our iniquities under foot.Yes, You will cast all their sinsInto the depths of the sea.
Draw for yourself water for the siege!Strengthen your fortifications!Go into the clay and tread the mortar!Take hold of the brick mold!
You trampled on the sea with Your horses,On the surge of many waters.
You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.