אָחוֹר

He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.

The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.

The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.

But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

…who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.

…which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.