שֹׁד

Job 5:21 מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד from destruction

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

Here: Shod means violent ruin: plunder, raiding, the sacking of homes and land. The prefix mi- ('from') marks what is feared. In Job's own story this fits the Sabean and Chaldean raids of chapter 1.

Job 5:22 לְשֹׁ֣ד to destruction

You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 12:5 מִשֹּׁ֥ד from [the] devastation of

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Here: The prefix mi- ("from") here means "because of", and it also pictures the cry coming up from below. Shod is a strong word for violent ruin and looting, not mild unfairness: the afflicted are being stripped.

Proverbs 21:7 שֹׁד־ [the] violence of

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

Here: Violent ruin and plunder: the force that strips others of what they have. Joined to the next word, it means the violence the wicked themselves do to others.

Proverbs 24:2 שֹׁ֭ד violence

for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

Here: Violent ruin: plundering and wrecking what belongs to someone else. It comes first in the Hebrew for emphasis: "ruin is what their heart turns over."

Isaiah 13:6 כְּשֹׁ֖ד like devastation

Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Here: 'As devastation', 'in the form of devastation'. Šōd is violent ruin, the kind an invading army leaves behind: plunder, wrecked cities, slaughter. It sets up a sound-play with the next word.

Isaiah 16:4 שֹׁ֔ד devastation

Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

Isaiah 22:4 שֹׁ֖ד [the] devastation of

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

Here: "The devastation of." Violent destruction and plundering, the havoc an invading army leaves. Prophets often pair it with "breaking" (Isa 59:7; 60:18).

Isaiah 51:19 הַשֹּׁ֧ד the devastation

These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

Isaiah 59:7 שֹׁ֥ד devastation

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Here: Violent ruin: the kind of wrecking and plundering that leaves people stripped. It is often used of what an invading army does, and here Israelites do it to each other.

Isaiah 60:18 שֹׁ֥ד devastation

No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Here: The violent stripping and wrecking of a place, as happens when an army plunders it. It is the first half of a fixed pair.

Jeremiah 6:7 וָ֠שֹׁד and havoc

As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

Jeremiah 20:8 וָשֹׁ֖ד and havoc

For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.

Here: Ruin, plundering, laying waste. It is paired with ḥāmās as a stock phrase (Jer 6:7; Amos 3:10; Ezek 45:9) for a society full of brutality, or for the destruction coming on it.

Jeremiah 48:3 שֹׁ֖ד devastation

A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

Ezekiel 45:9 וָשֹׁד֙ and violence

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’

Here: "And ruin" — the wrecking and plundering of people's goods and livelihoods; paired with ḥāmās as a stock prophetic pair for oppression.

Hosea 7:13 שֹׁ֥ד devastation

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

Here: Violent wrecking, the kind of ruin raiders and invading armies cause. It stands in parallel with 'woe', so the cry becomes 'Ruin to them!'

Hosea 9:6 מִשֹּׁ֔ד from [the] devastation

For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

Here: 'From devastation': the violent wrecking of a country by invasion (here, Assyria's armies). They run from destruction at home, straight into death abroad.

Hosea 10:14 כְּשֹׁ֧ד like [the] devastation of

the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

Here: The noun from the same root as the verb before it: 'devastated like the devastation of…'. The repetition hammers the point, and the 'sh' sounds (shā'ôn, yûshshad, shōd, shalman) echo one another.

Hosea 12:1 וָשֹׁ֖ד and violence

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Here: Violent destruction and plunder. Hosea pairs it with 'lie': falsehood and violence go together, in politics at home (Hos 7:1–7) and in the ruin that foolish alliances bring.

Joel 1:15 וּכְשֹׁ֖ד and like devastation

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Here: 'And as havoc.' Shod is the violent ruin that raiders or an invading army leave behind. The prefix kə- ('as') here most likely means 'as what it truly is', so the day comes as real devastation, not merely something resembling it.

Amos 3:10 וָשֹׁ֖ד and devastation

“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

Amos 5:9 שֹׁ֖ד וְשֹׁ֖ד devastation, and devastation

He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

Here: The object of the flashing: ruin brought by violence, the wrecking and looting of a place. It is the same word Amos used in 3:10 for the 'devastation' Samaria's elite stored up in their strongholds.

Habakkuk 1:3 וְשֹׁ֥ד and devastation

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

Habakkuk 2:17 וְשֹׁ֥ד and [the] devastation of

For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

Here: "And the devastation of": the ruin inflicted on the animals. It is the same word Habakkuk used when he complained of "destruction and violence" in 1:3.