Amos 9:3
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3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
from there I will search out and take them;
and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.(A)
Jeremiah 16:16
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16 I am now sending for many fishermen, says the Lord, and they shall catch them, and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.(A)
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Jeremiah 23:23-24
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23 Am I a God near by, says the Lord, and not a God far off?(A) 24 Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.(B)
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Isaiah 27:1
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Israel’s Redemption
27 On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.(A)
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Job 34:22
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22 There is no gloom or deep darkness
where evildoers may hide themselves.(A)
Amos 1:2
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Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
2 And he said:
The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the top of Carmel dries up.(A)
Psalm 139:9-11
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9 If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.(A)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and night wraps itself around me,”[a](B)
Footnotes
- 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night
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