1 Kings 8:37
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37 (A)“When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemy besieges them in the land of their [a]cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;
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- 1 Kings 8:37 Lit. gates
1 Kings 8:37
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Deuteronomy 28:21-22
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21 The Lord will make the [a]plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess. 22 (A)The Lord will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with (B)scorching,[b] and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.
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- Deuteronomy 28:21 pestilence
- Deuteronomy 28:22 blight
Deuteronomy 28:21-22
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21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.(A) 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease,(B) with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,(C) with blight(D) and mildew, which will plague(E) you until you perish.(F)
Leviticus 26:16
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16 I also will do this to you:
I will even appoint terror over you, (A)wasting disease and fever which shall (B)consume the eyes and (C)cause sorrow of heart.
And (D)you shall sow your seed [a]in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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- Leviticus 26:16 without profit
Leviticus 26:16
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16 then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever(A) that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.(B) You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.(C)
2 Chronicles 20:9
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9 (A)‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your (B)name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’
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2 Chronicles 20:9
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9 ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,(A) we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
Deuteronomy 28:38-42
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38 (A)“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for (B)the locust shall [a]consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the (C)wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off. 41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for (D)they shall go into captivity. 42 Locusts shall [b]consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
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- Deuteronomy 28:38 devour
- Deuteronomy 28:42 possess
Deuteronomy 28:38-42
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38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,(A) because locusts(B) will devour(C) it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine(D) or gather the grapes, because worms will eat(E) them.(F) 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.(G) 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.(H) 42 Swarms of locusts(I) will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
Joel 2:25-26
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25 “So I will restore to you the years (A)that the swarming [a]locust has eaten,
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
26 You shall (B)eat in plenty and be satisfied,
And praise the name of the Lord your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And My people shall never be put to (C)shame.
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- Joel 2:25 Exact identity of these locusts unknown
Joel 2:25-26
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25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(A) have eaten(B)—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm[a]—
my great army(C) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(D)
and you will praise(E) the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders(F) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(G)
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- Joel 2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
Joel 1:4-7
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4 (A)What the chewing [a]locust left, the (B)swarming locust has eaten;
What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten;
And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.
5 Awake, you (C)drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
(D)For it has been cut off from your mouth.
6 For (E)a nation has come up against My land,
Strong, and without number;
(F)His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And he has the fangs of a [b]fierce lion.
7 He has (G)laid waste My vine,
And [c]ruined My fig tree;
He has stripped it bare and thrown it away;
Its branches are made white.
Joel 1:4-7
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4 What the locust(A) swarm has left
the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left(B)
other locusts[a] have eaten.(C)
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(D)
wail because of the new wine,
for it has been snatched(E) from your lips.
6 A nation has invaded my land,
a mighty army without number;(F)
it has the teeth(G) of a lion,
the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste(H) my vines
and ruined my fig trees.(I)
It has stripped off their bark
and thrown it away,
leaving their branches white.
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- Joel 1:4 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
Ezekiel 14:21
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21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (A)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
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- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil
Jeremiah 39:1-3
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
39 In the (B)ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2 In the (C)eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the [a]city was penetrated.
3 (D)Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, [b]Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, [c]Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
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- Jeremiah 39:2 city wall was breached
- Jeremiah 39:3 A title, probably Chief Officer; also v. 13
- Jeremiah 39:3 A title, probably Troop Commander; also v. 13
Jeremiah 39:1-3
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39 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah(A) king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege(C) to it. 2 And on the ninth day of the fourth(D) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(E) was broken through.(F) 3 Then all the officials(G) of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 32:2
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2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up (A)in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
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Jeremiah 32:2
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2 The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging(A) Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined(B) in the courtyard of the guard(C) in the royal palace of Judah.
Psalm 105:34-35
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34 (A)He spoke, and locusts came,
Young locusts without number,
35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land,
And devoured the fruit of their ground.
Psalm 105:34-35
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2 Chronicles 6:28-31
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28 “When there (A)is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever (B)sickness there is; 29 whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows his own burden and his own grief, and spreads out his hands to this temple: 30 then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone (C)know the (D)hearts of the sons of men), 31 that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.
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2 Chronicles 6:28-31
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28 “When famine(A) or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— 30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive,(B) and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),(C) 31 so that they will fear you(D) and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.
1 Chronicles 21:12
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12 (A)either [a]three years of famine, or three months to be defeated by your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or else for three days the sword of the Lord—the plague in the land, with the [b]angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now consider what answer I should take back to Him who sent me.”
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- 1 Chronicles 21:12 seven, 2 Sam. 24:13
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 Or Angel, and so throughout the chapter
1 Chronicles 21:12
New International Version
12 three years of famine,(A) three months of being swept away[a] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword(B) of the Lord(C)—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
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- 1 Chronicles 21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) of fleeing
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