Amos 1:5
New King James Version
5 I will also break the gate (A)bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
And the one who [a]holds the scepter from [b]Beth Eden.
The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”
Says the Lord.
2 Kings 16:9
New King James Version
9 So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against (A)Damascus and (B)took it, carried its people captive to (C)Kir, and killed Rezin.
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Jeremiah 51:30
New King James Version
30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
(A)They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
(B)The bars of her gate are broken.
Lamentations 2:9
New King James Version
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and (A)broken her bars.
(B)Her king and her princes are among the [a]nations;
(C)The Law is no more,
And her (D)prophets find no [b]vision from the Lord.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:9 Gentiles
- Lamentations 2:9 Prophetic revelation
Nahum 3:13
New King James Version
13 Surely, (A)your people in your midst are women!
The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies;
Fire shall devour the (B)bars of your gates.
Jeremiah 50:36
New King James Version
36 A sword is (A)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
Isaiah 43:14
New King James Version
14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,
And bring them all down as fugitives—
The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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