Amos 1:7
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7 (A)But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
Which shall devour its palaces.
Zephaniah 2:4
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Judgment on Nations
4 For (A)Gaza shall be forsaken,
And Ashkelon desolate;
They shall drive out Ashdod (B)at noonday,
And Ekron shall be uprooted.
Jeremiah 47:1
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Judgment on Philistia
47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet (A)against the Philistines, (B)before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
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2 Kings 18:8
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8 (A)He [a]subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, (B)from watchtower to fortified city.
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- 2 Kings 18:8 Lit. struck
Romans 12:19
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19 Beloved, (A)do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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Zechariah 9:5-7
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5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And (A)Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6 “A[a] mixed race shall settle (B)in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the (C)Philistines.
7 I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:6 Lit. An illegitimate one
Amos 1:4
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4 (A)But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
Which shall devour the palaces of (B)Ben-Hadad.
Jeremiah 25:18-20
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18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them (A)a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and (B)a curse, as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; 20 all the mixed multitude, all the kings of (C)the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (D)Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and (E)the remnant of Ashdod);
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Psalm 94:1-5
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God the Refuge of the Righteous
94 O Lord God, (A)to whom vengeance belongs—
O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
2 Rise up, O (B)Judge of the earth;
[a]Render punishment to the proud.
3 Lord, (C)how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?
4 They (D)utter speech, and speak insolent things;
All the workers of iniquity boast in themselves.
5 They break in pieces Your people, O Lord,
And afflict Your heritage.
Footnotes
- Psalm 94:2 Repay with
Psalm 75:7-8
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7 But (A)God is the Judge:
(B)He puts down one,
And exalts another.
8 For (C)in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.
2 Chronicles 26:6
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6 Now he went out and (A)made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines.
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Deuteronomy 32:41-43
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41 (A)If I [a]whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.
42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
43 “Rejoice,(B) O Gentiles, with His [b]people;
For He will (C)avenge the blood of His servants,
And render vengeance to His adversaries;
He (D)will provide atonement for His land and His people.”
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:41 sharpen
- Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS fragment adds And let all the gods (angels) worship Him; cf. LXX and Heb. 1:6
Deuteronomy 32:35
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35 (A)Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
(B)For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
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