כָּאַב

Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’