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The term appears in various contexts throughout Scripture, illustrating the multifaceted nature of emptiness in the human experience and divine interaction.<br><br><b>Physical Emptiness</b><br><br>The Bible often uses "empty" to describe a lack of physical substance or content. In <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a> , the earth is described as "formless and void," indicating a state of emptiness before God's creative work began. This initial emptiness sets the stage for God's creative power to fill the earth with life and order.<br><br>In the narrative of the widow's oil in <a href="/2_kings/4.htm">2 Kings 4:1-7</a>, the prophet Elisha instructs the widow to gather empty vessels, which God miraculously fills with oil. This account highlights God's ability to transform emptiness into abundance, providing for the needs of His people.<br><br><b>Spiritual Emptiness</b><br><br>The Bible also addresses spiritual emptiness, often associated with a lack of faith or separation from God. In <a href="/psalms/63.htm">Psalm 63:1</a> , David expresses a deep longing for God, saying, "O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my body yearns for You, in a dry and weary land without water." This verse captures the essence of spiritual emptiness and the human soul's innate desire for communion with the Creator.<br><br>The New Testament further explores spiritual emptiness in the context of religious practices devoid of genuine faith. In <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a> , Jesus rebukes the Pharisees, comparing them to "whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men&#8217;s bones and every kind of impurity." Here, emptiness is equated with hypocrisy and the absence of true righteousness.<br><br><b>Emptiness and Vanity</b><br><br>Ecclesiastes frequently uses the term "vanity" to describe the emptiness and futility of life apart from God. <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:2</a> declares, "Futility of futilities, says the Teacher, futility of futilities! Everything is futile!" This reflects the existential emptiness experienced when life is pursued without regard for divine purpose and eternal significance.<br><br><b>Christ's Emptying</b><br><br><a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7</a> provides a profound theological insight into the concept of emptiness through the example of Christ, who "emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness." This self-emptying, or kenosis, signifies Christ's humility and willingness to relinquish His divine privileges for the sake of humanity's redemption. It serves as a model for believers to emulate in their own lives, emphasizing humility and self-sacrifice.<br><br><b>The Empty Tomb</b><br><br>The empty tomb is a central symbol of the Christian faith, representing the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the victory over sin and death. In <a href="/luke/24-3.htm">Luke 24:3</a> , the women who visit Jesus' tomb find it empty, signifying that He has risen. This emptiness is not one of loss but of fulfillment, as it confirms the promises of God and the hope of eternal life for believers.<br><br>In summary, the concept of "empty" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from physical lack to spiritual desolation, and ultimately to the profound theological truths of Christ's incarnation and resurrection. Through these varied uses, Scripture reveals God's power to fill emptiness with His presence, purpose, and life-giving abundance.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>superl.</I>) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an enclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.<p>2. (<I>superl.</I>) Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.<p>3. (<I>superl.</I>) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.<p>4. (<I>superl.</I>) Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.<p>5. (<I>superl.</I>) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.<p>6. (<I>superl.</I>) Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.<p>7. (<I>superl.</I>) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.<p>8. (<I>superl.</I>) Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.<p>9. (<I>n.</I>) An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, special rates for empties.<p>10. (<I>v. t.</I>) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.<p>11. (<I>v. i.</I>) To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.<p>12. (<I>v. i.</I>) To become empty.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">EMPTY; EMPTIER</span><p>emp'-ti, emp'-ti-er (kenos):<br><br>"Empty," adjective meaning void, etc., as the translation of req, riq, reqam, etc., occurs in the literal sense of "with nothing" (<a href="/genesis/31-42.htm">Genesis 31:42</a> <a href="/job/22-9.htm">Job 22:9</a>); in <a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm">2 Samuel 1:22</a>, it is equivalent to "in vain," "hungry" (<a href="/isaiah/29-8.htm">Isaiah 29:8</a>); in some instances the meaning is comparative only; baqaq, "to gush out," "to pour out," "to empty" is used adjectivally (<a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1</a>, "Israel is an empty vine"; but the Revised Version (British and American) takes the Hebrew word in its original sense of "pouring out," rendering "Israel is a luxuriant vine"); tohu, "emptiness" (<a href="/job/26-7.htm">Job 26:7</a>); kenos, "empty" is so translated (<a href="/mark/12-3.htm">Mark 12:3</a>); in <a href="/matthew/12-44.htm">Matthew 12:44</a>, the Greek word is scholazo, "to be free," "unoccupied"; "to empty" (verb) is the translation of baqaq (<a href="/nahum/2-2.htm">Nahum 2:2</a>), of dalal, "to become poor," etc. (<a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6</a>, the English Revised Version "minished," the American Standard Revised Version "diminished"). the Revised Version (British and American) has "empty" for "vain" (<a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Ephesians 5:6</a>), "emptied himself" for "made himself of no reputation" (<a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7</a>), "emptied out" for "gathered" (<a href="/2_kings/22-9.htm">2 Kings 22:9</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-17.htm">2 Chronicles 34:17</a>, margin "poured out").<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2756.htm"><span class="l">2756. kenos -- <b>empty</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>empty</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kenos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ken-os&#39;) Short Definition: <b>empty</b>, vain, hollow Definition: (a) <b>empty</b>, (b) met: <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2756.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2758.htm"><span class="l">2758. kenoo -- to <b>empty</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>empty</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kenoo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ken-o&#39;-o) Short Definition: I <b>empty</b>, deprive of content, make unreal Definition: ( <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2758.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2757.htm"><span class="l">2757. kenophonia -- <b>empty</b> talk</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>empty</b> talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kenophonia Phonetic<br> Spelling: (ken-of-o-nee&#39;-ah) Short Definition: <b>empty</b> disputing, worthless babble <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2757.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4469.htm"><span class="l">4469. rhaka -- <b>empty</b> (an expression of contempt)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>empty</b> (an expression of contempt). Part of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word<br> (Indeclinable) Transliteration: rhaka Phonetic Spelling: (rhak-ah&#39;) Short <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4469.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2754.htm"><span class="l">2754. kenodoxia -- vainglory</span></a> <br><b>...</b> vainglory. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kenodoxia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ken-od-ox-ee&#39;-ah) Short Definition: vainglory, <b>empty</b> pride Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2754.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4980.htm"><span class="l">4980. scholazo -- to be at leisure, hence to devote oneself to</span></a> <br><b>...</b> devote oneself to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: scholazo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (skhol-ad&#39;-zo) Short Definition: I have leisure, stand <b>empty</b> Definition: (a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4980.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2755.htm"><span class="l">2755. kenodoxos -- vainglorious</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2755 (from 2756 , &quot;<b>empty</b>&quot; and 1391 , &quot;glory&quot;) -- properly, <b>empty</b> glory, ie driven<br> by personal &quot; of grandeur&quot;; &quot;groundless conceit&quot; (); boasting &quot;where there is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2755.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3151.htm"><span class="l">3151. mataiologos -- talking idly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> talking idly. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mataiologos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mat-ah-yol-og&#39;-os) Short Definition: a vain, <b>empty</b> talker Definition: a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3151.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/945.htm"><span class="l">945. battalogeo -- to stammer</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to stammer. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: battalogeo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (bat-tol-og-eh&#39;-o) Short Definition: I chatter, utter <b>empty</b> words Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/945.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/213.htm"><span class="l">213. alazon -- vagabond, hence an impostor, boaster</span></a> <br><b>...</b> listeners. [As a masculine noun, 213 () tends to focus on the of the <b>empty</b><br> boasting, ie the sinful arrogance that drives it.]. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/213.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7385a.htm"><span class="l">7385a. riq -- to make <b>empty</b>, <b>empty</b> out</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7385, 7385a. riq. 7385b . to make <b>empty</b>, <b>empty</b> out. Transliteration: riq<br> Short Definition: draw. Word Origin a prim. root Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7385a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7386.htm"><span class="l">7386. req -- <b>empty</b>, vain</span></a><br>req or req. 7385b, 7386. req or req. 7387 . <b>empty</b>, vain. Transliteration:<br> req or req Phonetic Spelling: (rake) Short Definition: <b>empty</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7386.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7385.htm"><span class="l">7385. riyq -- to make <b>empty</b>, <b>empty</b> out</span></a><br><b>...</b> riyq. 7385a . to make <b>empty</b>, <b>empty</b> out. Transliteration: riyq Phonetic Spelling:<br> (reek) Short Definition: <b>empty</b>. <b>empty</b>, to no purpose, in vain thing, vanity <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7385.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7324.htm"><span class="l">7324. ruq -- arm, cast out, draw out, make <b>empty</b>, pour forth out</span></a><br><b>...</b> ruq. 7325 . arm, cast out, draw out, make <b>empty</b>, pour forth out. Transliteration:<br> ruq Phonetic Spelling: (rook) Short Definition: arm. Word Origin see riq. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7324.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/907.htm"><span class="l">907. bad -- <b>empty</b>, idle talk</span></a><br><b>...</b> 906, 907. bad. 908 . <b>empty</b>, idle talk. Transliteration: bad Phonetic<br> Spelling: (bad) Short Definition: boasts. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/907.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm"><span class="l">5352. naqah -- to be <b>empty</b> or clean</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5351, 5352. naqah. 5353 . to be <b>empty</b> or clean. Transliteration: naqah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (naw-kaw&#39;) Short Definition: unpunished. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5352.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1238b.htm"><span class="l">1238b. baqaq -- to <b>empty</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 1238a, 1238b. baqaq. 1239 . to <b>empty</b>. Transliteration: baqaq Short Definition:<br> waste. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to <b>empty</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1238b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4198.htm"><span class="l">4198. mazeh -- sucked out, <b>empty</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 4197, 4198. mazeh. 4199 . sucked out, <b>empty</b>. Transliteration: mazeh<br> Phonetic Spelling: (maw-zeh&#39;) Short Definition: wasted. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4198.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7387.htm"><span class="l">7387. reqam -- emptily, vainly</span></a><br><b>...</b> reqam. 7388 . emptily, vainly. Transliteration: reqam Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ray-kawm&#39;) Short Definition: <b>empty</b>-handed. <b>...</b> without cause, <b>empty</b>, in vain, void. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7387.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6168.htm"><span class="l">6168. arah -- to be naked or bare</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to be naked or bare NASB Word Usage defenseless* (1), emptied (1),<br> <b>empty</b> (1), laid bare (2), lay him open (1), leave (1), made naked (1), make <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6168.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_empty_throne_filled.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Empty</b> Throne Filled</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE <b>EMPTY</b> THRONE FILLED. &#39;In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the<br> Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the empty throne filled.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/april_the_fifth_the_empty.htm"><span class="l">April the Fifth the <b>Empty</b> Tomb</span></a> <br><b>...</b> APRIL The Fifth THE <b>EMPTY</b> TOMB. LUKE xxiv.1-12. That <b>empty</b> tomb means the conquest<br> of death. The Captive proved mightier than the captor. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jowett/my daily meditation for the circling year/april the fifth the empty.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/1_an_empty_book_is.htm"><span class="l">An <b>Empty</b> Book is Like an Infant&#39;s Soul</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE FIRST CENTURY 1 An <b>empty</b> book is like an infant&#39;s soul. An <b>empty</b> book<br> is like an infant&#39;s soul, in which anything may be written. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/1 an empty book is.htm</font><p><a href="/library/erdman/the_gospel_of_luke_an_exposition/k_the_empty_tomb_ch.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Empty</b> Tomb. Ch. 24:1-12</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHS. 22 TO 24 K. The <b>Empty</b> Tomb. Ch. <b>...</b> There are several explanations of this <b>empty</b><br> tomb, but only one which is credible and which accords with the facts. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/k the empty tomb ch.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/empty_profession_september_24.htm"><span class="l"><b>Empty</b> Profession. September 24.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Empty</b> Profession. September 24. What is the sin which most destroys all men and<br> nations? High religious profession, with an ungodly, selfish life. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/daily thoughts /empty profession september 24.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_xxx_again_he_refutes_the.htm"><span class="l">Again He Refutes the <b>Empty</b> Question, &quot;What did God Before the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book XI. Chapter XXX."Again He Refutes the <b>Empty</b> Question, &quot;What Did God<br> Before the Creation of the World?&quot;. 40. And I will be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxx again he refutes the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/barton/his_life/the_empty_tomb.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Empty</b> Tomb.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> HIS RESURRECTION. SUNDAY"THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THE <b>EMPTY</b> TOMB. Now on the<br> first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/barton/his life/the empty tomb.htm</font><p><a href="/library/irenaeus/fragments_from_the_lost_writings_of_irenaeus/fragment_xxvi_know_thou_that.htm"><span class="l">Fragment xxvi. Know Thou that Every Man is Either <b>Empty</b> or Full. . <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Fragment XXVI. Know thou that every man is either <b>empty</b> or full.? Know<br> [4840] thou that every man is either <b>empty</b> or full. For <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../fragments from the lost writings of irenaeus/fragment xxvi know thou that.htm</font><p><a href="/library/simpson/days_of_heaven_upon_earth_/june_7_when_ye_go.htm"><span class="l">June 7. &quot;When Ye Go; Ye Shall not Go <b>Empty</b>&quot; (Ex. Iii. 21).</span></a> <br><b>...</b> JUNE 7. &quot;When ye go; ye shall not go <b>empty</b>&quot; (Ex. iii. 21). &quot;When ye go;<br> ye shall not go <b>empty</b>&quot; (Exodus 3:21). When we are really <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/simpson/days of heaven upon earth /june 7 when ye go.htm</font><p><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/77_were_all_your_riches.htm"><span class="l">Were all Your Riches Here in Some Little Place: all Other Places <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE SECOND CENTURY 77 Were all your riches here in some little place: all<br> other places would be <b>empty</b>. Were all your riches here <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/77 were all your riches.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/empty.htm"><span class="l"><b>Empty</b> (84 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; --<br> said of an enclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an <b>empty</b> chest, room <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/empty.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/empty-handed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Empty</b>-handed (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Empty</b>-handed. <b>Empty</b>, <b>Empty</b>-handed. <b>Empty</b>-headed . Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Empty</b>-handed (13 Occurrences). Mark 12:3 But they seized <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/empty-handed.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/empty-headed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Empty</b>-headed (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Empty</b>-headed. <b>Empty</b>-handed, <b>Empty</b>-headed. Emptying . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Empty</b>-headed (1 Occurrence). Job 11:12 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/empty-headed.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/emptier.htm"><span class="l">Emptier</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who, or that which, empties. 2. (compar.)<br> of <b>Empty</b>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>EMPTY</b>; EMPTIER. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/emptier.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vanity.htm"><span class="l">Vanity (100 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; <b>empty</b> pride inspired by an<br> overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vanity.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vain.htm"><span class="l">Vain (141 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Having no real substance, value, or<br> importance; <b>empty</b>; void; worthless; unsatisfying. 2. (superl <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vain.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/emptiness.htm"><span class="l">Emptiness (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state of being <b>empty</b>; absence of contents;<br> void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/emptiness.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/emptied.htm"><span class="l">Emptied (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (imp. &amp; pp) of <b>Empty</b>. <b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 18:42 And I beat<br> them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I <b>empty</b> them out. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/emptied.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jars.htm"><span class="l">Jars (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets<br> into the hands of all of them and <b>empty</b> jars, with torches inside the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jars.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/emptying.htm"><span class="l">Emptying (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (p. pr. &amp; vb. n.) of <b>Empty</b>. 2. (n.) The act of making <b>empty</b>. <b>...</b> (YLT). Habakkuk<br> 1:17 Doth he therefore <b>empty</b> his net, And continually to slay nations spare not? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/emptying.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/empty-tomb.html">What is the importance of the empty tomb? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/empty-nest-syndrome.html">How can Christian parents deal with empty-nest syndrome? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/why-believe-resurrection.html">Why should I believe in Christ's resurrection? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/empty.htm">Empty: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Empty (84 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a></span><br />but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, <span class="boldtext">Empty</span> fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/6-7.htm">Matthew 6:7</a></span><br />In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-44.htm">Matthew 12:44</a></span><br />Then he says,'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, swept, and put in order.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/12-3.htm">Mark 12:3</a></span><br />They took him, beat him, and sent him away <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/1-53.htm">Luke 1:53</a></span><br />He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away <span class="boldtext">empty</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-10.htm">Luke 20:10</a></span><br />At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-11.htm">Luke 20:11</a></span><br />He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-15.htm">1 Corinthians 9:15</a></span><br />But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an <span class="boldtext">empty</span> one.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-3.htm">2 Corinthians 9:3</a></span><br />But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Ephesians 5:6</a></span><br />Let no one deceive you with <span class="boldtext">empty</span> words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a></span><br />doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7</a></span><br />but did <span class="boldtext">empty</span> himself, the form of a servant having taken, in the likeness of men having been made,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a></span><br />Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/1-6.htm">1 Timothy 1:6</a></span><br />From these some have drifted away, and have wandered into <span class="boldtext">empty</span> words.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">1 Timothy 6:20</a></span><br />Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the <span class="boldtext">empty</span> chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-16.htm">2 Timothy 2:16</a></span><br />But shun <span class="boldtext">empty</span> chatter, for they will proceed further in ungodliness,<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/1-10.htm">Titus 1:10</a></span><br />For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18</a></span><br />knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18</a></span><br />For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a></span><br />Now the earth was formless and <span class="boldtext">empty</span>. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. <br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/31-42.htm">Genesis 31:42</a></span><br />Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away <span class="boldtext">empty</span>. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-24.htm">Genesis 37:24</a></span><br />and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was <span class="boldtext">empty</span>. There was no water in it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/41-27.htm">Genesis 41:27</a></span><br />The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven <span class="boldtext">empty</span> heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/3-21.htm">Exodus 3:21</a></span><br />I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go <span class="boldtext">empty</span>-handed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a></span><br />You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-20.htm">Exodus 34:20</a></span><br />The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb: and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before me <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/14-36.htm">Leviticus 14:36</a></span><br />The priest shall command that they <span class="boldtext">empty</span> the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-13.htm">Deuteronomy 15:13</a></span><br />When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go <span class="boldtext">empty</span>:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a></span><br />Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he shall choose: in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents; and they shall not appear before Yahweh <span class="boldtext">empty</span>:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/7-16.htm">Judges 7:16</a></span><br />He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and <span class="boldtext">empty</span> pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/1-21.htm">Ruth 1:21</a></span><br />I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again <span class="boldtext">empty</span>; why do you call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ruth/3-17.htm">Ruth 3:17</a></span><br />She said, "He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said,'Don't go <span class="boldtext">empty</span> to your mother-in-law.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/6-3.htm">1 Samuel 6:3</a></span><br />They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it <span class="boldtext">empty</span>; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-18.htm">1 Samuel 20:18</a></span><br />Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-25.htm">1 Samuel 20:25</a></span><br />The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/20-27.htm">1 Samuel 20:27</a></span><br />It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David's place was <span class="boldtext">empty</span>. Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/1-22.htm">2 Samuel 1:22</a></span><br />From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan's bow didn't turn back. Saul's sword didn't return <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-14.htm">1 Kings 17:14</a></span><br />For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'The jar of meal shall not <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'"<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/17-16.htm">1 Kings 17:16</a></span><br />The jar of meal didn't <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/4-3.htm">2 Kings 4:3</a></span><br />Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even <span class="boldtext">empty</span> containers. Don't borrow just a few.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">2 Kings 18:20</a></span><br />You say (but they are but vain words),'There is counsel and strength for war.' Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-11.htm">2 Chronicles 24:11</a></span><br />And it cometh to pass, at the time one bringeth in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money 'is' abundant, that a scribe of the king hath come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they <span class="boldtext">empty</span> the chest, and take it up and turn it back unto its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather money in abundance.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/5-13.htm">Nehemiah 5:13</a></span><br />also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, 'Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and <span class="boldtext">empty</span>;' and all the assembly say, 'Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/11-12.htm">Job 11:12</a></span><br />An <span class="boldtext">empty</span>-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt. <br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/15-2.htm">Job 15:2</a></span><br />"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a></span><br />So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?"<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/22-9.htm">Job 22:9</a></span><br />You have sent widows away <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/26-7.htm">Job 26:7</a></span><br />He stretches out the north over <span class="boldtext">empty</span> space, and hangs the earth on nothing.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/35-13.htm">Job 35:13</a></span><br />Surely God will not hear an <span class="boldtext">empty</span> cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/35-16.htm">Job 35:16</a></span><br />Therefore Job opens his mouth with <span class="boldtext">empty</span> talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."<br /><span class="source">(WEB RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Psalms 18:42</a></span><br />And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I <span class="boldtext">empty</span> them out.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/41-6.htm">Psalms 41:6</a></span><br />If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-4.htm">Proverbs 14:4</a></span><br />Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/28-19.htm">Proverbs 28:19</a></span><br />By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:7</a></span><br />Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:3</a></span><br />If the clouds are full of rain, they <span class="boldtext">empty</span> themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6</a></span><br />We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Isaiah 24:1</a></span><br />Behold, Yahweh makes the earth <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/29-8.htm">Isaiah 29:8</a></span><br />It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is <span class="boldtext">empty</span>: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21</a></span><br />Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Isaiah 30:7</a></span><br />For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6</a></span><br />For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make <span class="boldtext">empty</span> the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">Isaiah 36:5</a></span><br />You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/41-29.htm">Isaiah 41:29</a></span><br />Lo, all of them 'are' vanity, Nought 'are' their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/45-18.htm">Isaiah 45:18</a></span><br />For thus said Jehovah, Creator of heaven, He is God, Former of earth, and its Maker, He established it -- not <span class="boldtext">empty</span> He prepared it, For inhabiting He formed it: 'I 'am' Jehovah, and there is none else.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a></span><br />So is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, But hath done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that 'for' which I sent it.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Isaiah 59:4</a></span><br />There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Jeremiah 2:5</a></span><br />These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-23.htm">Jeremiah 4:23</a></span><br />I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and <span class="boldtext">empty</span>; and the heavens, and they had no light.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Jeremiah 14:3</a></span><br />Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels <span class="boldtext">empty</span>; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Jeremiah 48:12</a></span><br />Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall <span class="boldtext">empty</span> his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Jeremiah 50:9</a></span><br />For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon, an assemblage of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her: from thence shall she be taken. Their arrows shall be as those of a mighty expert man: none shall return <span class="boldtext">empty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm">Jeremiah 51:2</a></span><br />I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall <span class="boldtext">empty</span> her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/51-34.htm">Jeremiah 51:34</a></span><br />Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an <span class="boldtext">empty</span> vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-34.htm">Ezekiel 23:34</a></span><br />Thou shalt even drink it, and <span class="boldtext">empty</span> it to the dregs, and thou shalt break its pieces, and pluck off thy own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.<br /><span class="source">(WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-6.htm">Ezekiel 24:6</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen on it.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Ezekiel 24:10</a></span><br />Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Ezekiel 24:11</a></span><br />Then set it <span class="boldtext">empty</span> on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1</a></span><br />Israel is an <span class="boldtext">empty</span> vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Hosea 10:4</a></span><br />They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14</a></span><br />You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Nahum 2:10</a></span><br />She is <span class="boldtext">empty</span>, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/habakkuk/1-17.htm">Habakkuk 1:17</a></span><br />Will he therefore continually <span class="boldtext">empty</span> his net, and kill the nations without mercy?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/4-12.htm">Zechariah 4:12</a></span><br />And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes <span class="boldtext">empty</span> the golden oil out of themselves?<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/empty.htm">Empty</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/empty_promises.htm">Empty Promises</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related 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