SPECIAL TOPIC: HORROR, REPROACH, RUIN, CURSE

This is a series of terms used to describe people's reaction to God's judgment.

  1. "a curse" - BDB 46, #4, "execration" - Num. 5:27; Deut. 29:21; Jer. 29:18; 42:18; 44:12
  2. "a horror" - BDB 1031 I, "appallment," "horror" - Deut. 28:37; 2 Kgs. 22:19; 2 Chr. 29:8; 30:7; Jer. 5:30; 25:9,11,28,38; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12,22; 49:13,17; 50:23; 51:37,41; Micah 6:16; Zeph.2:15
  3. "a reproach" - BDB 357, #3 - "a Taunt" - Ps. 31:11; 44:13; 69:10; 79:4; 89:41; 109:25; Isa. 30:5; Jer. 6:10; 20:8; 24:9; 29:18; 42:18; 44:8,12; 49:13; Ezek. 5:14,15; Dan. 9:16; 12:2
  4. "an imprecation (i.e. curse)" - BDB 887 - Deut. 11:26,28; 21:23; 23:5; 28:15,45; 2 Kgs. 22:19; Ps. 109:17,18; Jer. 24:9; 25:18; 29:22; Zech. 8:13
  5. "a ruin" - BDB 351 II, cf. Ezek. 29:10; 38:8; Zeph. 2:4

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