16 occurrences

'Foes' in the Bible

But if you listen attentively to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahBlessings, To IsraelCautionGod As EnemyEnemies

If I had not feared a provocation of [the] enemy, lest their foes might misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is {triumphant}, and Yahweh [did] not do all this." '

When I sharpen {my flashing sword}, and my hand takes hold [of it] in judgment, {I will take reprisals against my foes}, and my haters I will repay.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHatredSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceHating GodGod's Sword

Call for songs of joy, O nations, [concerning] his people, for the blood of his servants he will avenge, {and he will take reprisals against his foes}, and he will make atonement [for] his land, his people."

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtAvenger of bloodJoy, Of IsraelRevenge, And RetaliationForeigners Included Among The PeopleGod Atoning

{And he said this of Judah}, "Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; his own hands strive for him, and may you be a help {against} his foes."

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelGod Help!Pay Attention O God!

and he has kindled his wrath against me, and {he has counted me as one of his foes}.

Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

Therefore, the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will be relieved of my enemies, and I will avenge myself on my foes.

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfRetributionGod Executes VengeanceRevengeventing

Yahweh goes forth like a mighty warrior; he stirs up zeal like a man of war. He raises the war cry, indeed he raises the battle shout; he prevails against his foes.

Verse ConceptsBattlesMessianic AgeVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesZealWarriorsShout Of GodGod As A WarriorGod OvercomingWarBattleheroes

{Therefore} all [those who] devour you will be devoured, and all your foes, all of them will go into captivity, and [those who] plunder you will be as plunder, and all [those who] plunder you I will make as plunder.

Verse ConceptsPlundering

For that day [is] to the Lord Yahweh of hosts a day of retribution, to take revenge on his foes. And [the] sword will devour and be satisfied, and it will drink its fill of their blood, for a sacrifice [is] for the Lord Yahweh of hosts in the land of [the] north by the Euphrates River.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDSatisfactionGod Executes VengeanceAll Things Belong To God

All [those who] found them have devoured them. And their foes have said, 'We are not guilty, {because} they have sinned against Yahweh, the {true pasture}, even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdHope, Nature OfPlea Of Innocence

Her foes have become [her] {master}, her enemies are at ease; Yahweh has made her suffer because of the greatness of her transgressions. Her children have gone away, captive before the foe.

Verse ConceptsChastisementLamentingSorrowYoung People SufferingThe Wicked ProsperGod Troubling

Yahweh has done what he has planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he ordained from the days of old; he has demolished and not shown mercy; he has made an enemy rejoice over you, he has exalted the {might} of your foes.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toGuidance, God's Promises OfPlansDeterminismPower Through GodHorns VictoriousGod Speaking Of OldNot SparingRejoicing In Evil

and the nations will know that because of their guilt the house of Israel went into exile, {because} they acted unfaithfully against me, and I hid my face from them, and I gave them into the hand of their foes, and they fell by the sword, all of them.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfUnfaithfulness, To GodExile Of Israel To AssyriaGod HidingKnowing Facts

Your hand will be lifted high over your enemies, and all your foes will be cut off.

Verse ConceptsLifting HandsPeople OpposedKilling Will HappenOvercoming Enemiescutting

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