פִּתְאֹם

If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.

And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,

After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,

Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

…ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

…this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!

But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.