Amos 1:7
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7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of (A)Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
Zephaniah 2:4
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4 (A)For Gaza shall be deserted,
and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
Jeremiah 47:1
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Judgment on the Philistines
47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (A)concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down (B)Gaza.
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2 Kings 18:8
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8 (A)He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, (B)from watchtower to fortified city.
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Romans 12:19
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19 Beloved, (A)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
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- Romans 12:19 Greek give place
Zechariah 9:5-7
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5 (A)Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
6 (B)a mixed people[a] shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
7 I will take away (C)its blood from its mouth,
and (D)its abominations from between its teeth;
(E)it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like (F)a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:6 Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard
Amos 1:4
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4 (A)So I will send a fire upon the house of (B)Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (C)Ben-hadad.
Jeremiah 25:18-20
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18 (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, (B)to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 (C)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and (D)all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of (E)the land of Uz and all the kings of (F)the land of the Philistines ((G)Ashkelon, (H)Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (I)Ashdod);
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Psalm 94:1-5
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The Lord Will Not Forsake His People
94 O Lord, God of (A)vengeance,
O God of vengeance, (B)shine forth!
2 (C)Rise up, O (D)judge of the earth;
repay to the (E)proud what they deserve!
3 O Lord, (F)how long shall the wicked,
how long shall (G)the wicked exult?
4 They pour out their (H)arrogant words;
all (I)the evildoers boast.
5 They (J)crush your people, O Lord,
and afflict your heritage.
Psalm 75:7-8
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2 Chronicles 26:6
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6 He went out and (A)made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
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Deuteronomy 32:41-43
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41 if I (A)sharpen my flashing sword[a]
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and (B)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the (C)long-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 (D)“Rejoice with him, O heavens;[b]
bow down to him, all gods,[c]
for he (E)avenges the blood of his children[d]
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him[e]
and cleanses[f] his people's land.”[g]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:41 Hebrew the lightning of my sword
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or atones for
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people
Deuteronomy 32:35
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35 (A)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[a]
(B)for the time when their foot shall slip;
for (C)the day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint and I will repay
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