'Trouble' in the Bible
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.
But I am not really the one being troubled!" says the Lord. "Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
For the Lord says, "I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it."
Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?
But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble.
The Lord said:I will certainly set you free and care for you.I will certainly intercede for youin a time of trouble,in your time of distress, with the enemy.
Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods -- worthless idols that could not help them at all.
As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.
Don't be a terror to me. You are my refuge in a day of trouble.
Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and to finish my life living in shame?
I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
‘Then behold, all the women who are left in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon and those women will say [to you, King Zedekiah],“Your close friendsHave prevailed against your better judgment and have overpowered and deceived you;While your feet were sunk in the mire [of trouble],They turned back.”
The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.
Concerning Damascus [in Syria].“Hamath and Arpad are perplexed and shamed,For they have heard bad news;They are disheartened;Troubled and anxious like a [storm-tossed] seaWhich cannot be calmed.
Damascus is grown feeble: she turneth herself to flee, and terror hath seized on her; trouble and sorrows have taken hold of her as of a woman in travail.
Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.
The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands wax feeble; trouble hath taken hold of him, pangs as of a woman in travail.
And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
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Related Words
- Troubled (270 instances in 13 translations)
- Troubledst (1 instance in 3 translations)
- Troublemaker (3 instances in 2 translations)
- Troublemakers (3 instances in 2 translations)
- Troubler (4 instances in 9 translations)
- Troublers (3 instances in 2 translations)
- Troubles (113 instances in 13 translations)
- Troublesome (8 instances in 4 translations)
- Troublesomely (1 instance in 1 translation)
- Troublest (2 instances in 4 translations)
- Troubleth (13 instances in 4 translations)
- Troubling (60 instances in 13 translations)
- Troublous (1 instance in 4 translations)
- Trough (12 instances in 10 translations)
- Troughs (6 instances in 11 translations)
- Trousers (7 instances in 7 translations)
Bible Theasaurus
- Afflict (65 instances)
- Blast (36 instances)
- Blight (6 instances)
- Bother (22 instances)
- Curse (243 instances)
- Difficulty (22 instances)
- Disorder (13 instances)
- Disquiet (3 instances)
- Distract (1 instance)
- Disturb (16 instances)
- Duty (119 instances)
- Energy (19 instances)
- Fuss (1 instance)
- Hardship (32 instances)
- Load (34 instances)
- Pain (200 instances)
- Problem (11 instances)
- Trouble (549 instances)
- Upset (50 instances)
- Worry (34 instances)
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