14 And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom.

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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
    who have no regard for silver
    and do not delight in gold.

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26 And (A)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck (B)Midian (C)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it (D)as he did in Egypt.

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Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of my anger;
    the staff in their hands is my fury!

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30 (A)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,[a]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with (B)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my (C)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees

26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (A)Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of (B)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them (C)to Halah, (D)Habor, Hara, and (E)the river Gozan, to this day.

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15 So the king did not listen to the people, for (A)it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfill his word, which (B)the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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David's Census

24 (A)(B)Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, (C)“Go, number Israel and Judah.”

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14 (A)I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, (B)I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,

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19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, (A)for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in (B)the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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