ma.tsa H4672

מָצָא (ma.tsa) means “to find” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָצָא Hebrew · H4672 455 tagged occurrences in 425 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw-tsaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4672

מָצָא · ma.tsa · to find

1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV glosses: [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

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How translators render H4672

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	22
i have found	22
find	10
and found	9
is found	9
was found	9
be found	8
they found	8
find them	7
finds	7
find him	5
he found	5
i find	5
were found	5
who were present	5
and find	4
and they found	4
are found	4
finding	4
i found	4
to find	4
we have found	4
you will find	4
could be found	3
find her	3
he found him	3
is caught	3
met	3
that was found	3
to be found	3
we found	3
and he was found	2
and you will find	2
brought him	2
but i found	2
can be found	2
can find	2
discover	2
encounters	2
find anything	2
found him	2
has found	2
have been found	2
have you found	2
he will be found	2
i encountered	2
i have discovered	2
if you find	2
overtook him	2
that had been found	2
that still survives	2
there	2
to comprehend	2
we will find	2
who were found	2
will be found	2
will find	2
would they have enough	2
you find	2
you found	2
acquired	1
afford	1
among	1
an ever-present	1
and acquires	1
and all that was found	1
and discover	1
and find me	1
and found them	1
and have found	1
and he found	1
and i find	1
and i found	1
and i have found you	1
and if i have found	1
and spreads	1
and strikes	1
and there it was found	1
and there were found to be	1
and they are discovered	1
and verified	1
and you have found	1
are stained	1
befell him	1
brought	1
but find	1
but finds	1
but found	1
but he found	1
but i discovered	1
can fathom it	1
can we find	1
can you fathom	1
caught	1
come upon us	1
comes	1
could lift	1
delivered you	1
demands	1
did you ever find	1
discovered	1
encounters her	1
enough	1
fathom	1
find elijah	1
find it	1
find its meaning	1
find me	1
find the donkeys	1
find you	1
finding them	1
finds me	1
for they could find	1
found you	1
god finds	1
grant me this favor	1
had	1
had been found	1
had found	1
had gained	1
happened to us	1
has been found	1
has befallen us	1
has come upon us	1
has exposed	1
has found the courage	1
have come upon them	1
have found	1
have found me	1
have happened to you	1
have i found	1
have solved	1
he accomplishes this	1
he brings consequences	1
he could find a place	1
he finds	1
he found her	1
he found them	1
he has	1
he has found	1
he is caught	1
he reaped	1
he who finds	1
he will find	1
i am pleased with	1
i can find a place	1
i discovered that	1
i have found you out	1
i have here	1
i have indeed found	1
i may find	1
i was confronted	1
i was found	1
i will be found	1
if i found you	1
in attendance	1
in their path	1
is actually found	1
is it found	1
it is attained	1
it was found	1
lay a hand on	1
let me find	1
lies	1
like one who brings	1
like one who finds	1
may be captured	1
may i continue to find	1
may i find	1
met him	1
more room is found	1
now his men found	1
obtain	1
one is found	1
or seeking	1
or the man is found	1
our reach	1
overcame me	1
reached	1
receive	1
remains	1
seized	1
shall find me	1
so that i may find	1
so they found	1
so you have found me out	1
that find	1
that had happened	1
that has been found	1
then the prophet found	1
then you will find	1
there is	1
there they found	1
they brought	1
they can find	1
they had encountered	1
they have been found	1
they reach	1
they took	1
they will find her	1
those present	1
those who found	1
to detect	1
to fall	1
to those who find	1
to those who find them	1
trying to find	1
was he ever found among thieves	1
we find him	1
we have lived	1
were	1
whatever can be found	1
when you meet	1
where to find him	1
while he may be found	1
who are here	1
who are present	1
who can be found	1
who finds	1
who found him	1
who found them	1
who was found	1
whoever finds me	1
whoever had	1
will apprehend	1
will befall him	1
will befall them	1
will find you out	1
will meet you	1
will overtake us	1
will seize	1
would befall	1
would overwhelm	1
yet if caught	1
you are able	1
you can find	1
you can find it	1
you can spare	1
you do	1
you find here	1
you find it	1
you have found	1
you may be found	1
you meet	1
you were found	1
you will find it again	1
your fugitives	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
found	31
and found	17
be found	10
find	10
that was found	8
is found	7
and they found	6
findeth	6
hath found	5
i have found	5
present	5
that they found	5
that were found	5
that were present	5
were found	5
but found	4
find out	4
shall be found	4
shall find	4
are found	3
have i found	3
if i find	3
if i have found	3
if now i have found	3
they found	3
to find	3
and all that was found	2
and find	2
and he found	2
and i find	2
and i have found	2
but they found	2
but they shall not find	2
for them to suffice	2
hast thou found	2
have found	2
him but i found	2
him he will be found	2
hit	2
i found	2
it be found	2
let me find	2
met	2
presented	2
shall find out	2
that i have found	2
that is found	2
they shall find	2
to find out	2
unto him if now i have found	2
was found	2
which were found	2
who can find	2
all that are found	1
all that found	1
also find	1
among all those have i not found	1
and all that came to hand	1
and all that were present	1
and catch	1
and could not find	1
and every man with whom was found	1
and find out	1
and foundest	1
and have not delivered	1
and he cannot find	1
and he caused all that were present	1
and he was found	1
and i found	1
and i will be found	1
and if i have found	1
and if she be not able to bring	1
and it was found	1
and lighteth	1
and made all that were present	1
and met	1
and not be found	1
and now if i have found	1
and received	1
and shall not be found	1
and shall not find	1
and that which was found	1
and there shall meet	1
and therein was found	1
and they presented	1
and they shall not be found	1
and they that found	1
and thou hast also found	1
and thou hast found	1
and thou hast not found	1
and what hast thou found	1
and wherefore have i not found	1
and ye shall find	1
and yet so they sufficed	1
any finding	1
are befallen	1
are come	1
as occasion	1
as one that findeth	1
as one that found	1
be certainly	1
be not found	1
be with us why then is all this befallen	1
because he hath found	1
because in him there is found	1
because they had found	1
behold he findeth	1
behold i have	1
but he found	1
but he found her	1
but i find	1
but i found	1
but it was not found	1
but lo i will deliver	1
but they were not found	1
can find out	1
can we find	1
canst thou find	1
come	1
every one that findeth me	1
every one that is found	1
every one that shall be found	1
for all that were present	1
for and there were found	1
for he found	1
for i cannot find	1
for i have not found	1
for thou hast found	1
for thou shalt find	1
for whoso findeth	1
found her	1
found him	1
from them but i found	1
gat hold	1
had gotten	1
hath found out	1
hath gotten	1
hath not been found	1
have taken hold	1
have they not sped	1
he be found	1
he causeth it to come	1
he found	1
her and it come to pass that she find	1
her but they found	1
him but he could not be found	1
him but i could not find	1
him he could not be found	1
him he was found	1
him lest he get	1
him or if he be found	1
i am found	1
i have found me out	1
i have not found	1
i may find	1
i pray thee whatsoever cometh	1
i shall find	1
i should find	1
if i have now found	1
if i shall find	1
if there be found	1
if thou meet	1
if ye find	1
is not enough	1
it but i found	1
it was found out	1
let us find	1
me and find	1
me findeth	1
me for he hath found	1
nay i pray thee if now i have found	1
needeth it let me find	1
nor finding	1
now there was found	1
now therefore i pray thee if i have found	1
of all that he hath	1
of them he found	1
of them they found	1
on them for they are found	1
or have found	1
or what there is present	1
out	1
ready	1
shall befall	1
shall he get	1
shall not be found	1
shall not find	1
shalt find	1
shalt find occasion	1
she findeth	1
should find	1
so shalt thou find	1
so that there shall not be found	1
that are left	1
that are present	1
that befell	1
that found	1
that had come	1
that hath befallen	1
that i may find	1
that is left	1
that shall come	1
that shall come on	1
that she shall not find	1
that they came to	1
that thou findest	1
that thou hast found	1
that ye have not found	1
thee that hath come	1
thee that i may find	1
them and shalt not find	1
them and they were found	1
them but shall not find	1
them that they may find	1
themselves to find	1
then he found	1
then thou shalt find	1
thence and found	1
thence he lighted	1
there and find	1
there shall not be found	1
there was not found	1
there were found	1
therein and ye shall find	1
thereof if ye can find	1
thereof neither is it found	1
thereon it shall not be found	1
they if we have found	1
this have i found	1
this have we found	1
thou art found	1
thou find	1
thou findest	1
thou hast found	1
thou shalt find	1
to her i found	1
to redeem	1
to restore	1
to them that find	1
until i find out	1
unto him he found	1
unto him i pray thee if i have found	1
unto him we have found	1
unto him why have i found	1
unto thee was he found	1
unto those that find	1
upon me i found	1
was not found	1
was there found	1
we cannot find him out	1
we found	1
we have found	1
we have found out	1
we may find	1
we shall find	1
what hast thou found	1
when he is found	1
when they can find	1
when thou hast found	1
when thou mayest be found	1
when ye find	1
where he could find	1
where he shall be found	1
where i may find	1
where i might find	1
which are here	1
which are present	1
which he found	1
which shall be found	1
which they found	1
which was found	1
which we found	1
while he may be found	1
who can find it out	1
will come	1
will find you out	1
with her and they be found	1
with them and among them all was found	1
with whom was found	1
ye can find	1
ye find	1
ye had not found out	1
ye shall find	1
ye shall not find	1
yet he shall not find	1
you that ye may find	1

Verses containing H4672

Page 8 of 9. 425 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Song of Solomon 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
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Song of Solomon 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
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Song of Solomon 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
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Song of Solomon 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
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Song of Solomon 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
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Song of Solomon 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
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Song of Solomon 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
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Isaiah 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
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Isaiah 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
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Isaiah 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.
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Isaiah 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
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Isaiah 30:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
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Isaiah 34:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
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Isaiah 35:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
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Isaiah 37:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
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Isaiah 37:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
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Isaiah 39:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
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Isaiah 41:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
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Isaiah 51:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
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Isaiah 55:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
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Isaiah 57:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
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Isaiah 58:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
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Isaiah 58:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
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Isaiah 65:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
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Isaiah 65:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
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Jeremiah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
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Jeremiah 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
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Jeremiah 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
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Jeremiah 2:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
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Jeremiah 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
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Jeremiah 5:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
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Jeremiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
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Jeremiah 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
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Jeremiah 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
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Jeremiah 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
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Jeremiah 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 29:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
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Jeremiah 29:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
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Jeremiah 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
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Jeremiah 41:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
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Jeremiah 41:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
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Jeremiah 41:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
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Jeremiah 45:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
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Jeremiah 48:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
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Jeremiah 50:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
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Jeremiah 50:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
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Jeremiah 50:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
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Jeremiah 52:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
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Lamentations 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
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