None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistband is loose, not a sandal strap broken;
Like warriors they charge; like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way; they do not swerve from their paths. They do not jostle one another; each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips.
He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.
I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me,
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless.
“Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.
Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
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