Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.