11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel (A)at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

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11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.(A)

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You shall say, (A)‘Hear the word of the Lord, (B)O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that (C)the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

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and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings(A) of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster(B) on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.(C)

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12 therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster[a] that the ears of everyone who hears of it (A)will tingle.

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  1. 2 Kings 21:12 Or evil

12 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster(A) on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(B)

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41 (A)“‘Look, you scoffers,
    be astounded and perish;
for I am doing a work in your days,
    a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.’”

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41 “‘Look, you scoffers,
    wonder and perish,
for I am going to do something in your days
    that you would never believe,
    even if someone told you.’[a](A)

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  1. Acts 13:41 Hab. 1:5

The Lord's Answer

(A)“Look among the nations, and see;
    wonder and be astounded.
(B)For I am doing a work in your days
    that you would not believe if told.

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The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(A)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(B)

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26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For (A)the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.(A)

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(A)Is a trumpet blown in a city,
    and the people are not afraid?
(B)Does disaster come to a city,
    unless the Lord has done it?

“For the Lord God does nothing
    (C)without revealing his secret
    to his servants the prophets.

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When a trumpet(A) sounds in a city,
    do not the people tremble?
When disaster(B) comes to a city,
    has not the Lord caused it?(C)

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing
    without revealing his plan(D)
    to his servants the prophets.(E)

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14 therefore, behold, (A)I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and (B)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

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14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)

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19 As often as it passes through it will take you;
    (A)for morning by morning it will pass through,
    by day and by night;
and it will be (B)sheer terror to understand the message.

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19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(A)
    morning after morning,(B) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(C)

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