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The term "tread" in the Bible often conveys the act of walking or stepping, sometimes with a connotation of dominion, judgment, or destruction. It appears in various contexts throughout the Scriptures, symbolizing both literal and metaphorical actions.

1. Dominion and Authority: In the context of dominion, "tread" signifies authority and control over enemies or adversaries. For instance, in Luke 10:19 , Jesus tells His disciples, "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you." Here, "tread" symbolizes the power and victory believers have over spiritual adversaries through Christ.

2. Judgment and Wrath: The imagery of treading is also used to depict divine judgment and wrath. In Isaiah 63:3 , the Lord declares, "I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the nations no one was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My wrath; their blood spattered My garments, and I stained all My clothing." This passage uses the metaphor of treading a winepress to illustrate God's judgment upon the nations, emphasizing His sovereignty and the inevitability of His justice.

3. Possession and Inheritance: Treading can also relate to the possession of land or inheritance. In Deuteronomy 11:24 , God promises the Israelites, "Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours: Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea." This promise underscores the concept of treading as a means of claiming and possessing the land given by God.

4. Daily Life and Agriculture: In a more literal sense, "tread" is used in the context of daily life and agricultural practices. For example, Deuteronomy 25:4 states, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." This law reflects the humane treatment of animals and acknowledges their role in the agricultural process, allowing them to eat while they work.

5. Spiritual Journey and Conduct: The act of treading can also symbolize one's spiritual journey and conduct. In Psalm 91:13 , the psalmist declares, "You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent." This verse conveys the protection and victory granted to those who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, emphasizing the believer's triumph over spiritual dangers.

Throughout the Bible, the concept of treading is rich with meaning, encompassing themes of authority, judgment, inheritance, daily life, and spiritual victory. It serves as a powerful metaphor for the believer's relationship with God and the world, illustrating both divine sovereignty and human responsibility.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To set the foot; to step.

2. (v. i.) To walk or go; especially, to walk with a stately or a cautious step.

3. (v. i.) To copulate; said of birds, esp. the males.

4. (v. t.) To step or walk on.

5. (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path.

6. (v. t.) To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, or the like.

7. (v. t.) To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.

8. (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

9. (n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.

10. (n.) Manner or style of stepping; action; gait; as, the horse has a good tread.

11. (n.) Way; track; path.

12. (n.) The act of copulation in birds.

13. (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed.

14. (n.) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.

15. (n.) The part of a wheel that bears upon the road or rail.

16. (n.) The part of a rail upon which car wheels bear.

17. (n.) The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.

18. (n.) A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes. See Interfere, 3.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TREAD

tred.

See WINE PRESS.

Greek

3961. pateo -- to tread or tread on
... to tread or tread on. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pateo Phonetic Spelling:
(pat-eh'-o) Short Definition: I tread, trample upon Definition: I tread ...
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2662. katapateo -- to tread down
... to tread down. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katapateo Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ap-at-eh'-o) Short Definition: I trample under foot Definition: I trample ...
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248. aloao -- to thresh
... thresh, tread out the corn. From the same as halon; to tread out grain -- thresh,
tread out the corn. see GREEK halon. (aloon) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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898. bathmos -- a step, degree
... career, a position. 898 -- properly, a step (tread) in a staircase;
(figuratively) a , , (used only in 1 Tim 3:13). Word Origin ...
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4043. peripateo -- to walk
... From peri and pateo; to tread all around, ie Walk at large (especially as proof
of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or ...
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4742a. stibas -- a bed of leaves or rushes
... Word Origin from steibo (to tread under foot) Definition a bed of leaves or rushes
NASB Word Usage leafy branches (1). 4742, 4742a. stibas. 4742b . ...
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949. bebaios -- firm, secure
... 949 (literally, "what can be tread upon") then refers to what is fully dependable,
ie worthy of confidence because on "." This describes what is fully (stable ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1869. darak -- to tread, march
... 1868, 1869. darak. 1870 . to tread, march. Transliteration: darak Phonetic
Spelling: (daw-rak') Short Definition: tread. Word Origin a prim. ...
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947. bus -- to tread down, trample
... bus. 948 . to tread down, trample. Transliteration: bus Phonetic Spelling: (boos)
Short Definition: squirming. ... loath, tread down, under foot, be polluted. ...
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1915. hadak -- to cast or tread down
... 1914, 1915. hadak. 1916 . to cast or tread down. Transliteration: hadak Phonetic
Spelling: (haw-dak') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. ... tread down ...
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6072. asas -- to press, crush, tread down
... 6071, 6072. asas. 6073 . to press, crush, tread down. Transliteration: asas
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-sas') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. ... tread down ...
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1759. dush -- to tread down
... 1758, 1759. dush. 1760 . to tread down. Transliteration: dush Phonetic
Spelling: (doosh) Short Definition: down. Word ... 1). tread down. ...
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1758. dush -- to tread, thresh
... to tread, thresh. Transliteration: dush or dish Phonetic Spelling: (doosh) Short
Definition: threshing. ... break, tear, thresh, tread out down, at grass Jer. ...
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7511. raphas -- to stamp, tread
... raphas or raphas. 7512 . to stamp, tread. Transliteration: raphas or raphas Phonetic
Spelling: (raw-fas') Short Definition: foul. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7512. rephas -- to tread, trample
... 7511, 7512. rephas. 7513 . to tread, trample. Transliteration: rephas
Phonetic Spelling: (ref-as') Short Definition: down. Word ...
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5431. saan -- to tread, tramp
... 5430, 5431. saan. 5432 . to tread, tramp. Transliteration: saan Phonetic
Spelling: (saw-an') Short Definition: warrior. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/5431.htm - 6k

7429. ramas -- to trample
... oppressors (1), trample (2), trample my down (1), trample down (1), trampled (7),
trampled them down (1), tramples down (1), trampling (1), tread (1), tread ...
/hebrew/7429.htm - 6k

Library

My God, Without Ceasing, I Will Tread the Threshold of Thy House
... Hymn IV. My God, without ceasing, I will tread the threshold of Thy house.
1. My God, without ceasing, I will tread the threshold ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iv my god without.htm

Living Broad Lives in Narrow Alleys.
... And this makes ruts in their thinking. Their souls seem to grow small by
the very smallness and sameness of the daily tread. That ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/living broad lives in narrow.htm

Another Part of My Smoke' which You Frequently Laugh at is My ...
... and blow it out so as to appear to be breathing forth flame: so you also, like a
second Salmoneus, brighten the whole path on which you tread, and reproach us ...
/.../31 another part of my.htm

The Meaning
... But the court, which is without the temple, leave out, and do not measure it, for
it is given up to the Gentiles, and the holy city shall they tread under foot ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the meaning 2.htm

The King and his Armies.
... His "vesture dipped in blood" is symbolic of his coming to tread "the wine-press
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God" (19:15), when he shall "smite the ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the king and his armies.htm

John Chapter xiii. 10-Jun
... a man has all of him washed, not all save his feet, but every whit; and yet, while
thereafter living in this human state, he cannot fail to tread on the ground ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate lvi john chapter xiii.htm

The Disciples' Return.
... lofty mountain-peaks long after his descent. They tread the old footway with
elastic step! As Gethsemane, and Kedron, and the Temple ...
/.../macduff/memories of bethany/xxiii the disciples return.htm

Moreover, --To Touch Briefly Some of the More Recondite Topics ...
... to men the power which was taken from them, as also Himself saith to His disciples
in the Gospel, "Behold I have given you power to tread upon serpents and ...
/.../15 moreoverto touch briefly some.htm

Exhortations to those who are Called
... 18). They tread every day on the brink of the bottomless pit; and what
if death should cast them in! O pity unconverted sinners. ...
/.../watson/a divine cordial/exhortations to those who are.htm

1897
... would be a short one. I feel we must tread the same road to Heaven"the
road of suffering and love. When I myself have reached ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/viii 1897.htm

Thesaurus

Tread (60 Occurrences)
... the males. 4. (vt) To step or walk on. 5. (vt) To beat or press with the feet; as,
to tread a path; to tread land when too light; a well-trodden path. ...
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Trample (34 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample
grass or flowers. ... 3. (vi) To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp. ...
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Treads (19 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 11:24 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be
yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates ...
/t/treads.htm - 12k

Treader (5 Occurrences)
... away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no
singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine ...
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Vintage (14 Occurrences)
... away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no
singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine ...
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Presses (12 Occurrences)
... Job 24:11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses,
and suffer thirst. ... Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. ...
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Sole (13 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 2:5 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land,
no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given ...
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Mire (21 Occurrences)
... send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give
him a command to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down ...
/m/mire.htm - 13k

Valiantly (9 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV). Psalms 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who
will tread down our adversaries. ... For it is he who will tread down our enemies. ...
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Underfoot (14 Occurrences)
... Luke 10:19 "I have given you power to tread serpents and scorpions underfoot, and
to trample on all the power of the Enemy; and in no case shall anything do ...
/u/underfoot.htm - 11k

Resources

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Tread (60 Occurrences)

Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 12:1
At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
(YLT)

Revelation 11:2
Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Revelation 19:15
Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 2:5
don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV)

Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall be able to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has spoken to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Deuteronomy 33:29
You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 1:3
I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Judges 5:21
The river Kishon swept them away, That ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
(See JPS YLT)

Judges 9:27
and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 5:5
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 22:43
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
(See JPS)

2 Kings 7:17
And the king hath appointed the captain, by whose hand he is supported, over the gate, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth, as the man of God spake, which he spake in the coming down of the king unto him,
(YLT)

2 Kings 7:20
and it cometh to him so, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dieth.
(YLT)

Job 24:11
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 39:15
And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.
(YLT)

Job 40:12
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 7:5
let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 11:2
For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
(YLT)

Psalms 25:5
Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou 'art' the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.
(YLT)

Psalms 25:9
He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.
(YLT)

Psalms 44:5
Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 60:12
Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 91:13
You will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 107:7
And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation.
(YLT)

Psalms 108:13
Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
(See JPS YLT)

Proverbs 4:11
In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
(YLT)

Proverbs 30:29
There are three things whose steps are good to see, even four whose goings are fair:
(See RSV)

Song of Songs 8:7
Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.
(Root in YLT)

Isaiah 1:12
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
(KJV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 7:25
All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 14:25
that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 16:10
Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise. Nobody will tread out wine in the presses. I have made the shouting stop.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 26:6
The foot shall tread it down; Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 42:16
And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These 'are' the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.
(YLT)

Isaiah 48:17
Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel, 'I 'am' Jehovah thy God, teaching thee to profit, Causing thee to tread in the way thou goest.
(YLT)

Isaiah 63:6
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 25:30
Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 48:33
Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:3
Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.
(Root in YLT)

Ezekiel 26:11
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets; he shall kill your people with the sword; and the pillars of your strength shall go down to the ground.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 34:18
Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 34:19
As for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
(See NAS)

Daniel 7:23
Thus he said, The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Hosea 10:11
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Joel 3:13
Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Micah 1:3
For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 5:5
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Micah 6:15
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Micah 7:19
He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Nahum 3:14
Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 3:12
In indignation Thou dost tread earth, In anger Thou dost thresh nations.
(YLT)

Habakkuk 3:15
Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.
(ASV)

Habakkuk 3:19
Jehovah the Lord 'is' my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!
(YLT RSV)

Zechariah 9:15
Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
(See JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Zechariah 10:5
They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Malachi 4:3
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make," says Yahweh of Armies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Tread

Related Terms

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