Verse 6

The burden{H4853} of the beasts{H929} of the South.{H5045} Through the land{H776} of trouble{H6869} and anguish,{H6695} from whence come the lioness{H3918} and the lion,{H3918} the viper{H660} and fiery{H8314} flying{H5774} serpent,{H8314} they carry{H5375} their riches{H2428} upon the shoulders{H3802} of young asses,{H5895} and their treasures{H214} upon the humps{H1707} of camels,{H1581} to a people{H5971} that shall not profit{H3276} [them].

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:15 : 15 who led{H3212} thee through the great{H1419} and terrible{H3372} wilderness,{H4057} [wherein were] fiery{H8314} serpents{H5175} and scorpions,{H6137} and thirsty{H6774} ground where was no water;{H4325} who brought thee forth{H3318} water{H4325} out of the rock{H6697} of flint;{H2496}
  • Jer 11:4 : 4 which I commanded{H6680} your fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I brought them forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the iron{H1270} furnace,{H3564} saying,{H559} Obey{H8085} my voice,{H6963} and do{H6213} them, according to all which I command{H6680} you: so shall ye be my people,{H5971} and I will be your God;{H430}
  • Isa 46:1-2 : 1 Bel{H1078} boweth down,{H3766} Nebo{H5015} stoopeth;{H7164} their idols{H6091} are upon the beasts,{H2416} and upon the cattle:{H929} the things that ye carried{H5385} about are made a load,{H6006} a burden{H4853} to the weary{H5889} [beast]. 2 They stoop,{H7164} they bow down{H3766} together;{H3162} they could{H3201} not deliver{H4422} the burden,{H4853} but themselves{H5315} are gone{H1980} into captivity.{H7628}
  • Deut 4:20 : 20 But Jehovah{H3068} hath taken{H3947} you, and brought you forth{H3318} out of the iron{H1270} furnace,{H3564} out of Egypt,{H4714} to be unto him a people{H5971} of inheritance,{H5159} as at this day.{H3117}
  • 1 Kgs 10:2 : 2 And she came{H935} to Jerusalem{H3389} with a very{H3966} great{H3515} train,{H2428} with camels{H1581} that bare{H5375} spices,{H1314} and very{H3966} much{H7227} gold,{H2091} and precious{H3368} stones;{H68} and when she was come{H935} to Solomon,{H8010} she communed{H1696} with him of all that was in her heart.{H3824}
  • 2 Chr 9:1 : 1 And when the queen{H4436} of Sheba{H7614} heard{H8085} of the fame{H8088} of Solomon,{H8010} she came{H935} to prove{H5254} Solomon{H8010} with hard questions{H2420} at Jerusalem,{H3389} with a very{H3966} great{H3515} train,{H2428} and camels{H1581} that bare{H5375} spices,{H1314} and gold{H2091} in abundance,{H7230} and precious{H3368} stones:{H68} and when she was come{H935} to Solomon,{H8010} she communed{H1696} with him of all that was in her heart.{H3824}
  • 2 Chr 16:2 : 2 Then Asa{H609} brought out{H3318} silver{H3701} and gold{H2091} out of the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} and of the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and sent{H7971} to Ben-hadad{H1130} king{H4428} of Syria,{H758} that dwelt{H3427} at Damascus,{H1834} saying,{H559}
  • 2 Chr 28:20-23 : 20 And Tilgath-pilneser{H8407} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came{H935} unto him, and distressed{H6696} him, but strengthened{H2388} him not. 21 For Ahaz{H271} took away a portion{H2505} out of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and out of the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} and of the princes,{H8269} and gave{H5414} it unto the king{H4428} of Assyria:{H804} but it helped{H5833} him not. 22 And in the time{H6256} of his distress{H6887} did he trespass{H4603} yet more{H3254} against Jehovah,{H3068} this same king{H4428} Ahaz.{H271} 23 For he sacrificed{H2076} unto the gods{H430} of Damascus,{H1834} which smote{H5221} him; and he said,{H559} Because the gods{H430} of the kings{H4428} of Syria{H758} helped{H5826} them, therefore will I sacrifice{H2076} to them, that they may help{H5826} me. But they were the ruin{H3782} of him, and of all Israel.{H3478}
  • Isa 8:22 : 22 and they shall look{H5027} unto the earth,{H776} and behold, distress{H6869} and darkness,{H2825} the gloom{H4588} of anguish;{H6695} and into thick darkness{H653} [they shall be] driven{H5080} away.
  • Isa 15:7 : 7 Therefore the abundance{H3502} they have gotten,{H6213} and that which they have laid up,{H6486} shall they carry away{H5375} over the brook{H5158} of the willows.{H6155}
  • Isa 19:4 : 4 And{H853} I will give over{H5534} the Egyptians{H4714} into the hand{H3027} of a cruel{H7186} lord;{H113} and a fierce{H5794} king{H4428} shall rule{H4910} over them, saith{H5002} the Lord,{H113} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
  • Deut 17:16 : 16 Only he shall not multiply{H7235} horses{H5483} to himself, nor cause the people{H5971} to return{H7725} to Egypt,{H4714} to the end that he may multiply{H7235} horses;{H5483} forasmuch as Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} unto you, Ye shall henceforth{H3254} return{H7725} no more that way.{H1870}
  • Exod 1:14 : 14 and they made{H4843} their lives{H2416} bitter{H4843} with hard{H7186} service,{H5656} in mortar{H2563} and in brick,{H3843} and in all manner of service{H5656} in the field,{H7704} all their service,{H5656} wherein they made them serve{H5647} with rigor.{H6531}
  • Exod 5:10-21 : 10 And the taskmasters{H5065} of the people{H5971} went out,{H3318} and their officers,{H7860} and they spake{H559} to the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Pharaoh,{H6547} I will not give{H5414} you straw.{H8401} 11 Go{H3212} yourselves, get{H3947} you straw{H8401} where{H834} ye can find{H4672} it; for{H3588} nought{H1697} of your work{H5656} shall be diminished.{H1639} 12 So the people{H5971} were scattered abroad{H6327} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} to gather{H7197} stubble{H7179} for straw.{H8401} 13 And the taskmasters{H5065} were urgent,{H213} saying,{H559} Fulfil{H3615} your works,{H4639} [your] daily{H3117} tasks,{H1697} as when there was{H1961} straw.{H8401} 14 And the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} whom Pharaoh's{H6547} taskmasters{H5065} had set{H7760} over them, were beaten,{H5221} and demanded,{H559} Wherefore have ye not fulfilled{H3615} your task{H2706} both yesterday{H8543} and to-day,{H3117} in making brick{H3835} as heretofore?{H8032} 15 Then the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} and cried{H6817} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} saying,{H559} Wherefore dealest{H6213} thou thus with thy servants?{H5650} 16 There is no straw{H8401} given{H5414} unto thy servants,{H5650} and they say{H559} to us, Make{H6213} brick:{H3843} and, behold, thy servants{H5650} are beaten;{H5221} but the fault{H2398} is in thine own people.{H5971} 17 But he said,{H559} Ye are idle,{H7503} ye are idle:{H7503} therefore ye say,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and sacrifice{H2076} to Jehovah.{H3068} 18 Go{H3212} therefore now, and work;{H5647} for there shall no straw{H8401} be given{H5414} you, yet shall ye deliver{H5414} the number{H8506} of bricks.{H3843} 19 And the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did see{H7200} that they were in evil{H7451} case, when it was said,{H559} Ye shall not diminish{H1639} aught from your bricks,{H3843} [your] daily{H3117} tasks.{H1697} 20 And they met{H6293} Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} who stood{H5324} in the way,{H7125} as they came forth{H3318} from Pharaoh:{H6547} 21 and they said{H559} unto them, Jehovah{H3068} look{H7200} upon you, and judge;{H8199} because ye have made our savor{H7381} to be abhorred{H887} in the eyes{H5869} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and in the eyes{H5869} of his servants,{H5650} to put{H5414} a sword{H2719} in their hand{H3027} to slay{H2026} us.
  • Num 21:6-7 : 6 And Jehovah{H3068} sent{H7971} fiery{H8314} serpents{H5175} among the people,{H5971} and they bit{H5391} the people;{H5971} and much{H7227} people{H5971} of Israel{H3478} died.{H4191} 7 And the people{H5971} came{H935} to Moses,{H4872} and said,{H559} We have sinned,{H2398} because we have spoken{H1696} against Jehovah,{H3068} and against thee; pray{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068} that he take away{H5493} the serpents{H5175} from us. And Moses{H4872} prayed{H6419} for the people.{H5971}
  • Isa 57:9 : 9 And thou wentest{H7788} to the king{H4428} with oil,{H8081} and didst increase{H7235} thy perfumes,{H7547} and didst send{H7971} thine ambassadors{H6735} far off,{H7350} and didst debase{H8213} thyself even unto Sheol.{H7585}
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither said{H559} they, Where is Jehovah{H3068} that brought us up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} that led{H3212} us through the wilderness,{H4057} through a land{H776} of deserts{H6160} and of pits,{H7745} through a land{H776} of drought{H6723} and of the shadow of death,{H6757} through a land{H776} that none{H376} passed through,{H5674} and where no man{H376} dwelt?{H3427}
  • Hos 8:9-9 : 9 For they are gone up{H5927} to Assyria,{H804} [like] a wild ass{H6501} alone{H909} by himself: Ephraim{H669} hath hired{H8566} lovers.{H158} 10 Yea, though they hire{H8566} among the nations,{H1471} now will I gather{H6908} them; and they begin{H4592} to be diminished{H2490} by reason of the burden{H4853} of the king{H4428} of princes.{H8269}
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim{H669} feedeth{H7462} on wind,{H7307} and followeth{H7291} after the east wind:{H6921} he continually{H3117} multiplieth{H7235} lies{H3577} and desolation;{H7701} and they make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with Assyria,{H804} and oil{H8081} is carried{H2986} into Egypt.{H4714}
  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen{G938} of the south{G3558} shall rise up{G1453} in{G1722} the judgment{G2920} with{G3326} this{G3778} generation,{G1074} and{G2532} shall condemn{G2632} it:{G846} for{G3754} she came{G2064} from{G1537} the ends of the earth{G1093} to hear{G191} the wisdom{G4678} of Solomon;{G4672} and{G2532} behold,{G2400} a greater{G4119} than Solomon{G4672} is here.{G5602}