Calamity
Calamity
ka-lami-ti (, ‘edh, a load or burden under which one is crushed, hence, misfortune; , hayyah, , hawwah, fall, ruin, the latter word used only in the plural; , ra, evil in essence hence, adversity, once only, Psa 141:5, the Revised Version (British and American) wickedness): Purely an Old Testament term, signifying adversities – natural, but more often those that result from wickedness or moral evil. Various kinds: (1) folly, a foolish son (Pro 19:13); (2) disease, poverty, bereavement, as in Job’s experience (Job 6:2; Job 30:13); (3) persecution (2Sa 22:19; Psa 18:18); (4) Divine retribution and judgment (Deu 32:35); compare ruin of the wicked (Pro 1:26, also 27 the Revised Version (British and American) for destruction the King James Version); (5) the devastation of war (Jer 46:21 (6) adversities of any kind (Pro 27:10).