Bible verses about "gaza" | Rotherham

²¹ And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes,––and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.
²² And the hair of his head began to grow, after he had been shaven. ²³ Now, the lords of the Philistines, had gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice,––and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand, Samson our enemy. ²⁴ And, when the people saw him, they praised their god,––for they said––Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, even him who laid waste our land, and who multiplied our slain. ²⁵ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called for Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them, and they stationed him between the pillars. ²⁶ And Samson said unto the youth that held him by his hand, Place me where I may feel the pillars whereon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them. ²⁷ Now, the house, was full of men and women, there, also were all the lords of the Philistines,––and, on the roof, were about three thousand men and women, looking on while Samson made sport. ²⁸ So then Samson cried unto Yahweh, and said,––My Lord Yahweh! remember me, I pray thee,––and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged, with one avenging, for my two eyes, upon the Philistines. ²⁹ Then did Samson grasp the two middle pillars, whereon the house rested, and whereon it was upheld, and he braced himself against them,––the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. ³⁰ And Samson said––Let my soul die with the Philistines! And he bowed mightily, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead, whom he slew at his death, were more than they whom he slew in his life. ³¹ Then came down his brethren, and all the house of his father, and lifted him, and carried him up, and buried him, between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the buryingplace of Manoah his father,––he, having judged Israel twenty years.

²⁴ For, he, had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even as far as Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River,––and he had, peace, on all sides of him, round about.

¹ The oracle on Damascus,––Lo! Damascus, is to be removed from being a city, And shall become a heap of ruins: ² Forsaken, are the desolate cities,––For flocks, shall they serve, Which shall lie down, and have none, to make them afraid. ³ Then shall the fortress cease from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria,––Like the glory of the sons of Israel, shall they be,––Declareth Yahweh of hosts. ⁴ And it shall come to pass, in that day, That the glory of Jacob, shall be diminished, And, the fatness of his flesh, shall be wasted; ⁵ And it shall come to pass––That, as the harvestman gathereth, standing corn, And, with his arm––the ears, he reapeth, Yea it shall come to pass––That, so, shall he be who gleaneth ears, in the vale of Rephaim;
⁶ Yet shall there be left therein, a gleaning. As in the beating of an olive–tree,––Two––three berries, in the head of the tree–top,––Four––five, among her fruitful boughs, Declareth Yahweh, God of Israel. ⁷ In that day, shall the son of earth look to him that made him,––And, his eyes, unto the Holy One of Israel, be turned; ⁸ And he shall not look unto the altars, the work of his own hands,––Nor, to what his own fingers have made, shall his eye be turned, Whether Sacred Stems or Sun–pillars.
⁹ In that day, shall his fortified cities become, Like a neglected bough and a topmost branch, Which they neglected because of the sons of Israel,––So shall there be desolation. ¹⁰ Because thou didst forget the God of thy salvation, And, thy Rock of refuge, thou didst not remember, For this cause, shalt thou plant very pleasant plants, And, the slip of a stranger, shalt thou set: ¹¹ In the day when thou plantest, fence thou in, And, in the morning, cause thou, thy slip, to blossom,––A harvest will have waved in the day of destiny, and mortal pain.
¹² Alas! the booming of many peoples, Like the booming of the seas, shall they boom,––And, the rushing of nations! Like the rushing of mighty waters, shall they rush. ¹³ Though nations, like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away,––And be chased, As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble, before a storm! ¹⁴ At eventide, lo! terror, Before morning, he is, not! This, is the portion of them who plunder us, And the lot of them who make of us a prey.

²⁰ And all the Bedawin, and all the kings of the land of Uz,––and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, even Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

¹ The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa,––of which (words) he had vision concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. ² So then he said––Yahweh, out of Zion, will roar, and, out of Jerusalem, will utter his voice,––and the pastures of the shepherds, shall mourn, and the top of Carmel, be dried up.
³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Damascus, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because, with threshing instruments of iron, they have threshed Gilead. ⁴ Therefore will send a fire, into the house of Hazael,––which shall devour the palaces of Ben– hadad; ⁵ And I will break the bolt of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant out of the plain of Aven, and the holder of the sceptre out of the house of Eden,––and the people of Syria, shall be exiled, unto Kir, saith Yahweh. ⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Gaza, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their taking into exile the whole body of exiles, to deliver to Edom, ⁷ Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,––which shall devour the palaces thereof; ⁸ And I will cut off the inhabitant out of Ashdod, and the holder of the sceptre out of Ashkelon,––and will turn my hand against Ekron, So shall perish the remnant of the Philistines, saith My Lord, Yahweh. ⁹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Tyre, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their delivering up the whole body of exiles to Edom, and they remembered not the brotherly covenant, ¹⁰ Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,––which shall devour the palaces thereof. ¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually, ¹² Therefore will I send a fire into Teman,––which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. ¹³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their ripping up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might enlarge their own boundary, ¹⁴ Therefore will I kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah, which shall devour the palaces thereof,––with a war–cry in the day of battle, with tempest in the day of storm–wind; ¹⁵ And Milcom shall go into exile,––he and his rulers together, saith Yahweh.

¹ The oracle of the word of Yahweh on the land of Hadrach, and, Damascus, shall be the resting–place thereof,––For, Yahweh, hath an eye––to mankind, and to all the tribes of Israel; ² Moreover also, Hamath, adjoineth thereto, Tyre and Zidon,––because very wise; ³ Therefore did Tyre build a stronghold for herself,––and did heap up silver like dust, yea gold, like the mire of the lanes. ⁴ Lo! My Lord, shall dispossess her, and smite, into the sea, her fortress,––and, she herself, in fire, shall be consumed. ⁵ Ashkelon, shall see, and fear, Gaza, also, which shall writhe in great anguish, Ekron, also, because abashed is her expectation,––and the king, shall perish, from Gaza, and, Ashkelon, not be inhabited; ⁶ And there shall be seated a half–breed in Ashdod,––So will I cut off the arrogance of the Philistines; ⁷ And will take away his reeking prey out of his mouth, and his abominations, from between his teeth, but, he that is left, even he, shall belong to our God,––So shall he become as a chief in Judah, and, Ekron, as a Jebusite! ⁸ Then will I encamp about my house––against an army, against him that passeth by, and against him that returneth, neither shall an exactor, tread them down any more,––for, now, have I seen with mine own eyes.
⁹ Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion, Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo! thy king, cometh unto thee, vindicated and victorious, is he,––lowly, and riding upon an ass, yea, upon a colt, a young ass. ¹⁰ So will he cut off the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the war–bow, shall be cut off, So shall he speak peace to the nations, and, his dominion, shall be from sea to sea, and from the river [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. ¹¹ As for thee also,––By the blood of thy covenant, have I sent forth thy prisoners out of a pit, wherein is no water.
¹² Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope,––Even today, do I declare––Double, will I return to thee! ¹³ For I have bent for me––Judah, As a bow, have I grasped Ephraim, Thus will I rouse up thy sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty one. ¹⁴ But, Yahweh, over them, will appear, and forth shall go, as lightning, his arrow,––Yea, My Lord Yahweh, with a horn, will blow, and will move along in the whirlwinds of the south. ¹⁵ Yahweh of hosts, will throw a covering over them, so shall they eat, and trample underfoot sling–stones, and shall drink––shall shout as with wine,––and shall be filled like tossing–bowls,––like the corners of an altar. ¹⁶ So will Yahweh their God, save them, on that day. yea, as a flock of sheep, his people,––for [they shall be like] the jewels of a diadem sparkling over his land. ¹⁷ For how excellent it is! Yea how beautiful! Corn, shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

⁵ Ashkelon, shall see, and fear, Gaza, also, which shall writhe in great anguish, Ekron, also, because abashed is her expectation,––and the king, shall perish, from Gaza, and, Ashkelon, not be inhabited;

⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Gaza, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their taking into exile the whole body of exiles, to deliver to Edom,

²⁶ And, a messenger of the Lord, spake unto Philip, saying––Arise, and be journeying along southward, unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,––the same, is desert. ²⁷ And, arising, he journeyed. And lo! a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, one in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure [who] had come to worship in Jerusalem; ²⁸ And was returning, and, sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said unto Philip––Go near, and join thyself unto this chariot! ³⁰ And, running near, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said––Dost thou, then, understand what thou art reading? ³¹ And, he, said––How indeed should be able––unless someone shall guide me? And he called upon Philip, to come up and sit with him. ³² Now, the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was, this:––As a sheep, unto slaughter, was he led, and, as a lamb, before him that sheareth it, is dumb, so, he openeth not his mouth. ³³ In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away,––his generation, who shall describe? because, his life, is taken away from the earth. ³⁴ And the eunuch, making answer unto Philip, said––I pray thee! Of whom, is the prophet saying this? of himself, or, of some different person? ³⁵ And Philip, opening his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, told him the glad tidings of Jesus. ³⁶ And, as they were journeying along the way, they came unto a certain water,––and the eunuch saith––Lo! water! What doth hinder my being immersed? ³⁷ <> ³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stand still; and they went down, both, into the water, both Philip and the eunuch,––and he immersed him. ³⁹ But, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more; for he was going on his way rejoicing.

⁴ For, Gaza, forsaken, shall be, and, Ashkelon, a desolation,––Ashdod! at high noon, shall they drive her forth, and, Ekron, be uprooted:

⁷ Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,––which shall devour the palaces thereof;