Acts 12:20

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Herod’s Violent Death

²⁰Now Herod had been very angry with the people of ^(A)Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus ^[a]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because ^(B)their country was ^[b]supplied with food by the king’s country.

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Acts 12:20 who was in charge of the king’s bedchamber
Acts 12:20 Lit. nourished

Acts 12:20

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²⁰He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon;^(A) they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.^(B)

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Ezra 3:7

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⁷They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and ^(A)food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to ^(B)Joppa, ^(C)according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Ezra 3:7

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Rebuilding the Temple

⁷Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters,^(A) and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs^(B) by sea from Lebanon^(C) to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus^(D) king of Persia.

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Matthew 11:21-22

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²¹“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago ^(A)in sackcloth and ashes. ²²But I say to you, ^(B)it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

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Matthew 11:21-22

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²¹“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!^(A) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,^(B) they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.^(C) ²²But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.^(D)

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Ezekiel 27:17

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¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of ^(A)Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and ^(B)balm.

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Ezekiel 27:17

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¹⁷“‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat^(A) from Minnith^(B) and confections,^[a] honey, olive oil and balm^(C) for your wares.^(D)

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Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Luke 16:8

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⁸So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than ^(A)the sons of light.

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Luke 16:8

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⁸“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world^(A) are more shrewd^(B) in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.^(C)

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Luke 14:31-32

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³¹Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³²Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.

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Luke 14:31-32

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³¹“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? ³²If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.

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Haggai 2:16-17

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¹⁶since those days, ^(A)when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty. ¹⁷^(B)I struck you with blight and mildew and hail ^(C)in all the labors of your hands; ^(D)yet you did not turn to Me,’ says the Lord.

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Haggai 2:16-17

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¹⁶When anyone came to a heap^(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat^(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.^(C) ¹⁷I struck all the work of your hands^(D) with blight,^(E) mildew and hail,^(F) yet you did not return^(G) to me,’ declares the Lord.^(H)

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Haggai 1:8-11

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⁸Go up to the ^(A)mountains and bring wood and build the ^[a]temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord. ⁹^(B)“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, ^(C)I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. ¹⁰Therefore ^(D)the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. ¹¹For I ^(E)called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on ^(F)all the labor of your hands.”

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Haggai 1:8 Lit. house

Haggai 1:8-11

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⁸Go up into the mountains and bring down timber^(A) and build my house, so that I may take pleasure^(B) in it and be honored,^(C)” says the Lord. ⁹“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.^(D) What you brought home, I blew^(E) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,^(F) while each of you is busy with your own house. ¹⁰Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld^(G) their dew^(H) and the earth its crops.^(I) ¹¹I called for a drought^(J) on the fields and the mountains,^(K) on the grain, the new wine,^(L) the olive oil^(M) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.^(N)”

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Amos 4:6-9

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Israel Did Not Accept Correction

⁶“Also I gave you ^[a]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
^(A)Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

⁷“I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
⁸So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

⁹“I^(B) blasted you with blight and mildew.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
^(C)The locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

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Amos 4:6 Hunger

Amos 4:6-9

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⁶“I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.^(A)

⁷“I also withheld^(B) rain from you
    when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
    but withheld it from another.^(C)
One field had rain;
    another had none and dried up.
⁸People staggered from town to town for water^(D)
    but did not get enough^(E) to drink,
    yet you have not returned^(F) to me,”
declares the Lord.^(G)

⁹“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards,
destroying them with blight and mildew.^(H)
Locusts^(I) devoured your fig and olive trees,^(J)
yet you have not returned^(K) to me,”
declares the Lord.

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Hosea 2:8-9

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⁸For she did not ^(A)know
That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil,
And multiplied her silver and gold—
Which they prepared for Baal.

⁹“Therefore I will return and take away
My grain in its time
And My new wine in its season,
And will take back My wool and My linen,
Given to cover her nakedness.

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Hosea 2:8-9

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⁸She has not acknowledged^(A) that I was the one
who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil,^(B)
who lavished on her the silver and gold^(C)—
which they used for Baal.^(D)

⁹“Therefore I will take away my grain^(E) when it ripens,
and my new wine^(F) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
intended to cover her naked body.

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Isaiah 27:4-5

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⁴Fury is not in Me.
Who would set ^(A)briers and thorns
Against Me in battle?
I would go through them,
I would burn them together.
⁵Or let him take hold ^(B)of My strength,
That he may ^(C)make peace with Me;
And he shall make peace with Me.”

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Isaiah 27:4-5

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⁴    I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.^(A)
⁵Or else let them come to me for refuge;^(B)
    let them make peace^(C) with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”

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Isaiah 23:1-4

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Proclamation Against Tyre

23 The ^(A)burden^[a] against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of ^[b]Cyprus it is revealed to them.

²Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
^[c]Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
³And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of ^[d]the River, is her revenue;
And ^(B)she is a marketplace for the nations.

⁴Be ashamed, O Sidon;
For the sea has spoken,
The strength of the sea, saying,
“I do not labor, nor bring forth children;
Neither do I rear young men,
Nor bring up virgins.”

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Isaiah 23:1 oracle, prophecy
Isaiah 23:1 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus
Isaiah 23:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Tg. Passing over the water; DSS Your messengers passing over the sea
Isaiah 23:3 The Nile

Isaiah 23:1-4

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A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:^(A)

Wail,^(B) you ships^(C) of Tarshish!^(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed^(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

²Be silent,^(F) you people of the island
    and you merchants^(G) of Sidon,^(H)
    whom the seafarers have enriched.
³On the great waters
    came the grain of the Shihor;^(I)
the harvest of the Nile^[a]^(J) was the revenue of Tyre,^(K)
    and she became the marketplace of the nations.

⁴Be ashamed, Sidon,^(L) and you fortress of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;^(M)
I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”

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Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys ³are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,

Ecclesiastes 10:4

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⁴If the spirit of the ruler rises against you,
^(A)Do not leave your post;
For ^(B)conciliation^[a] pacifies great offenses.

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Ecclesiastes 10:4 Lit. healing, health

Ecclesiastes 10:4

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⁴If a ruler’s anger rises against you,
do not leave your post;^(A)
calmness can lay great offenses to rest.^(B)

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