2 Samuel 24:16
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16 But when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented concerning the evil and said to the angel who was bringing destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” The angel of the Lord was standing[a] by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.[b](A)
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- 24.16 Q ms: MT lacks standing
- 24.16 Q ms Compare 1 Chr 21.16: MT lacks David looked . . . faces
Joel 2:13-14
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13 rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love,
and relenting from punishment.(A)
14 Who knows whether he will not turn and relent
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?(B)
Exodus 12:23
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23 For the Lord will pass through to strike down the Egyptians; when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you down.(A)
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Genesis 6:6
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6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.(A)
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Acts 12:23
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23 And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.(A)
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2 Chronicles 3:1
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Solomon Builds the Temple
3 Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had designated, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.(A)
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2 Kings 19:35
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Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
35 That very night the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.(A)
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1 Samuel 15:11
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11 “I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not carried out my commands.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the Lord all night.(A)
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2 Chronicles 32:21
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21 And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in disgrace to his own land. When he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.(A)
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2 Corinthians 2:6
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6 This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person;(A)
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Mark 14:41
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41 He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.(A)
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Zechariah 9:7
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7 I will take away its blood from its mouth
and its abominations from between its teeth;
it, too, shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.(A)
Habakkuk 3:2
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The Prophet’s Prayer
2 O Lord, I have heard of your renown,
and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.
In our own time revive it;
in our own time make it known;
in wrath may you remember mercy.(A)
Amos 7:6
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6 The Lord relented concerning this;
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.(A)
Amos 7:3
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3 The Lord relented concerning this;
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 18:7-10
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7 At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, 8 but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.(A) 9 And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,(B) 10 but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do to it.(C)
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Isaiah 57:16
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16 For I will not continually accuse,
nor will I always be angry,
for then the spirits would grow faint before me,
even the souls that I have made.(A)
Isaiah 40:1-2
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God’s People Are Comforted
40 Comfort, O comfort my people,
says your God.(A)
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that she has served her term,
that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.(B)
Isaiah 27:8
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8 By expulsion,[a] by exile you struggled against them;
with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.(A)
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- 27.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 135:14
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14 For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.(A)
Psalm 90:13
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13 Turn, O Lord! How long?
Have compassion on your servants!(A)
Psalm 78:38
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38 Yet he, being compassionate,
forgave their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
often he restrained his anger
and did not stir up all his wrath.(A)
Psalm 35:6
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6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.(A)
1 Chronicles 21:15-16
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15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but when he was about to destroy it, the Lord took note and relented concerning the calamity; he said to the destroying angel, “Enough! Stay your hand.” The angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.(A) 16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.(B)
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”(A)
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