Joshua 8:20
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20 So when the men of Ai looked back, the smoke of the city was rising to the sky. They had no power to flee this way or that, for the people who fled to the wilderness turned back against the pursuers.
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Revelation 19:3
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3 Once more they said,
“Hallelujah!
The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”(A)
Revelation 18:9
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9 And the kings of the earth, who engaged in sexual immorality[a] and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;(A)
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- 18.9 Or prostitution
Revelation 6:15-17
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15 Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(A) 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(B) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(C)
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- 6.17 Other ancient authorities read his
Amos 2:14-16
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14 Flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong shall not retain their strength,
nor shall the mighty save their lives;(A)
15 those who handle the bow shall not stand,
and those who are swift of foot shall not save themselves,
nor shall those who ride horses save their lives;(B)
16 and those who are stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked on that day,
says the Lord.(C)
Isaiah 34:10
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10 Night and day it shall not be quenched;
its smoke shall go up forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
no one shall pass through it forever and ever.(A)
Psalm 76:5
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5 The courageous were stripped of their spoil;
they sank into sleep;
none of the troops
was able to lift a hand.(A)
Psalm 48:5-6
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5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight;(A)
6 trembling took hold of them there,
pains as of a woman in labor,
Job 11:20
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20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
all way of escape will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last.”(A)
Genesis 19:28
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28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain and saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of a furnace.(A)
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