Genesis 12:3
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Deuteronomy 32:40-43
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40 I lift my hand(A) to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,(B)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(C)
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(D) on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.(E)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(F)
while my sword devours flesh:(G)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
Psalm 105:14-15
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Isaiah 40:23
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Isaiah 49:25-26
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25 But this is what the Lord says:
“Yes, captives(A) will be taken from warriors,(B)
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;(C)
I will contend with those who contend with you,(D)
and your children I will save.(E)
26 I will make your oppressors(F) eat(G) their own flesh;
they will be drunk on their own blood,(H) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(I)
that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(J)
your Redeemer,(K) the Mighty One of Jacob.(L)”
Isaiah 51:22-23
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22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
your God, who defends(A) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
the cup(B) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
you will never drink again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(C)
who said to you,
‘Fall prostrate(D) that we may walk(E) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
like a street to be walked on.”(F)
Jeremiah 30:11
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Jeremiah 30:16
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Jeremiah 33:1
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Promise of Restoration
33 While Jeremiah was still confined(A) in the courtyard(B) of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him a second time:(C)
Jeremiah 51:20-24
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20 “You are my war club,(A)
my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.(G)
24 “Before your eyes I will repay(H) Babylon(I) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35
Ezekiel 25:3
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3 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!(A)” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated(B) and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,(C)
Ezekiel 25:6
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6 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands(A) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,(B)
Ezekiel 25:8
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A Prophecy Against Moab
8 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab(A) and Seir(B) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”
Ezekiel 25:12
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A Prophecy Against Edom
12 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom(A) took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so,
Ezekiel 25:14-15
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14 I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger(A) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”(B)
A Prophecy Against Philistia
15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because the Philistines(C) acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice(D) in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah,
Ezekiel 26:2
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2 “Son of man, because Tyre(A) has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha!(B) The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,’
Ezekiel 35:5
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5 “‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C)
Ezekiel 35:12-15
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12 Then you will know that I the Lord have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.(A)” 13 You boasted(B) against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.(C) 14 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.(D) 15 Because you rejoiced(E) when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir,(F) you and all of Edom.(G) Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”
Ezekiel 36:5
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5 this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(A) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(B)
Ezekiel 36:2-3
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2 This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(B) The ancient heights(C) have become our possession.(D)”’ 3 Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(E) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(F)
Joel 3:1-2
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The Nations Judged
3 [a]“In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes(A) of Judah(B) and Jerusalem,
2 I will gather(C) all nations
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[b](D)
There I will put them on trial(E)
for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(F) my people among the nations
and divided up my land.
Micah 4:11-13
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11 But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat(A) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(B)
that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Rise and thresh,(C) Daughter Zion,
for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
and you will break to pieces many nations.”(D)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(E)
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Zechariah 1:14-15
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14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous(A) for Jerusalem and Zion, 15 and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure.(B) I was only a little angry,(C) but they went too far with the punishment.’(D)
Zechariah 2:8-9
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8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)— 9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](B) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(C)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: 9 “I … plunder them.”
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