Zechariah 2:6
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Interlude: An Appeal to the Exiles
6 Up, up! Flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.(A)
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Ezekiel 17:21
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21 All the pick[a] of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.(A)
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- 17.21 Or fugitives
Isaiah 48:20
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20 Go out from Babylon; flee from Chaldea;
declare this with a shout of joy; proclaim it;
send it forth to the end of the earth;
say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”(A)
Revelation 18:4
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4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,
“Come out of her, my people,
so that you do not take part in her sins
and so that you do not share in her plagues,(A)
Ezekiel 11:16
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16 Therefore say: Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far away among the nations and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a little while[a] in the countries where they have gone.(A)
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- 11.16 Or a little sanctuary
Isaiah 52:11-12
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11 Depart, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.(A)
12 For you shall not go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight,
for the Lord will go before you,
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(B)
Deuteronomy 28:64
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64 The Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(A)
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Genesis 19:17
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17 When they had brought them outside, they[a] said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed.”(A)
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- 19.17 Gk Syr Vg: Heb he
2 Corinthians 6:16-17
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16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we[a] are the temple of the living God, as God said,
“I will live in them[b] and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.(A)
17 Therefore come out from them,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
then I will welcome you,(B)
Zechariah 2:7
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7 Up! Escape to Zion, you who live with daughter Babylon.
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Amos 9:9
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9 For I will command
and shake the house of Israel among all the nations,
as one shakes with a sieve
but no pebble shall fall to the ground.(A)
Ezekiel 12:14-15
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14 I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword behind them.(A) 15 And they shall know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries.(B)
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Ezekiel 5:12
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12 One third of you shall die of pestilence or be consumed by famine among you; one third shall fall by the sword around you; and one third I will scatter to every wind and will unsheathe the sword after them.(A)
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Jeremiah 51:50
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50 You survivors of the sword,
go; do not linger!
Remember the Lord in a distant land,
and let Jerusalem come into your mind:(A)
Jeremiah 51:45
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45 Come out of her, my people!
Save your lives, each of you,
from the fierce anger of the Lord!(A)
Jeremiah 51:6
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6 Flee from the midst of Babylon;
save your lives, each of you!
Do not perish because of her guilt,
for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance;
he is repaying her what is due.(A)
Jeremiah 50:8
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8 Flee from Babylon, and go out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be like male goats leading the flock.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:10
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10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him
and will keep him as a shepherd does a flock.”(A)
Jeremiah 31:8
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8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame,
those with child and those in labor together;
a great company, they shall return here.(A)
Jeremiah 15:4
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4 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what King Manasseh son of Hezekiah of Judah did in Jerusalem.(A)
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Jeremiah 3:18
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18 In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your ancestors for a heritage.(A)
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Jeremiah 1:14
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14 Then the Lord said to me: “Out of the north disaster shall break out on all the inhabitants of the land.(A)
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Isaiah 55:1
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An Invitation to Abundant Life
55 Hear, everyone who thirsts;
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.(A)
Ruth 4:1
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The Marriage of Boaz and Ruth
4 No sooner had Boaz gone up to the gate and sat down there than the next-of-kin[a] of whom Boaz had spoken came passing by. So Boaz said, “Come over;[b] sit down here.” And he went over and sat down.(A)
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