Verse 14

May our oxen be strong for heavy labor, with no breach or leaving of the gates, and no outcry in our streets.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:7 : 7 The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will come out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven directions.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Judg 5:8 : 8 When they chose new gods, then war came to the city gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east would come up and attack them.
  • Judg 6:6 : 6 So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help.
  • 1 Sam 13:17-23 : 17 Then a raiding party went out from the camp of the Philistines in three divisions. One division turned toward Ophrah, in the land of Shual; 18 another division turned toward Beth Horon; and the third division turned toward the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim, toward the wilderness. 19 No blacksmith could be found throughout the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines said, 'Otherwise, the Hebrews might make swords or spears.' 20 So all the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen each person's plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle. 21 The price for sharpening plowshares, mattocks, pitchforks, and axes, or for setting goads, was two-thirds of a shekel. 22 So on the day of the battle, no sword or spear was found in the hands of the entire army with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan themselves. 23 A Philistine garrison advanced to the pass at Michmash.
  • 1 Sam 31:7 : 7 When the Israelites on the other side of the valley and the Jordan saw that Israel's army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.
  • Isa 24:11 : 11 In the streets, there is an outcry over the wine; all joy turns dark, and the gladness of the earth departs.
  • Jer 13:17-19 : 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive. 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’ 19 The cities of the Negev are shut tight, with no one to open them. All Judah has been carried into exile—completely taken away.
  • Jer 14:2 : 2 Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they sit on the ground in mourning, and the cry of Jerusalem rises up.
  • Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go out into the field, I see those slain by the sword. If I enter the city, I see the agonies of famine. Even the prophet and the priest wander aimlessly in the land and have no understanding.
  • Lam 1:4-6 : 4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish. 5 Her adversaries have become her masters; her enemies prosper because the LORD has afflicted her for her many sins. Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy. 6 All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they flee without strength before the pursuer.
  • Zech 8:3-5 : 3 This is what the LORD says: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain. 4 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Old men and women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each holding a staff in hand because of old age. 5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.