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Deuteronomy 28:49
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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49 The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,(A)
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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Deuteronomy 28:49
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49 The Lord will bring a nation against you(A) from far away, from the ends of the earth,(B) like an eagle(C) swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,(D)
Lamentations 4:19
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Lamentations 4:19
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19 Our pursuers were swifter
than the eagles in the heavens;
they chased us on the mountains;
they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.(A)
Lamentations 4:19
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Lamentations 4:19
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Jeremiah 49:22
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Jeremiah 49:22
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22 Look, he shall mount up and swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom on that day shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.(A)
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Jeremiah 49:22
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Jeremiah 49:22
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Jeremiah 48:40
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Jeremiah 48:40
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40 For thus says the Lord:
Look, he shall swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab;(A)
Jeremiah 48:40
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Jeremiah 48:40
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40 This is what the Lord says:
Hosea 8:1
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Hosea 8:1
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Israel’s Apostasy
8 Set the trumpet to your lips!
One like a vulture[a] is over the house of the Lord,
because they have broken my covenant
and transgressed my law.(A)
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- 8.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hosea 8:1
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Hosea 8:1
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Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
Ezekiel 17:3
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Ezekiel 17:3
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3 Say: Thus says the Lord God:
A great eagle with great wings and long pinions,
rich in plumage of many colors,
came to the Lebanon.
He took the top of the cedar,(A)
Ezekiel 17:3
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Ezekiel 17:3
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3 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(A) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(B) Taking hold of the top of a cedar,
Ezekiel 17:12
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Ezekiel 17:12
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12 Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and its officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.(A)
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Ezekiel 17:12
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Ezekiel 17:12
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12 “Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?(A)’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,(B) bringing them back with him to Babylon.(C)
Jeremiah 5:15-17
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Jeremiah 5:15-17
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15 I am going to bring upon you
a nation from far away, O house of Israel,
says the Lord.
It is an enduring nation;
it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
nor can you understand what they say.(A)
16 Their quiver is like an open tomb;
all of them are mighty warriors.(B)
17 They shall eat up your harvest and your food;
they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
they shall destroy with the sword
your fortified cities in which you trust.(C)
Jeremiah 5:15-17
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Jeremiah 5:15-17
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15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
“I am bringing a distant nation(A) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
a people whose language(B) you do not know,
whose speech you do not understand.
16 Their quivers(C) are like an open grave;
all of them are mighty warriors.
17 They will devour(D) your harvests and food,
devour(E) your sons and daughters;
they will devour(F) your flocks and herds,
devour your vines and fig trees.(G)
With the sword(H) they will destroy
the fortified cities(I) in which you trust.(J)
Isaiah 5:26-30
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Isaiah 5:26-30
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26 He will raise a signal for a nation far away
and whistle for a people at the ends of the earth.
Here they come, swiftly, speedily!(A)
27 None of them is weary; none stumbles;
none slumbers or sleeps;
not a loincloth is loose;
not a sandal strap broken;(B)
28 their arrows are sharp;
all their bows strung;
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels like the whirlwind.(C)
29 Their roaring is like a lion;
like young lions they roar;
they growl and seize their prey;
they carry it off, and no one can rescue.(D)
30 They will roar over it on that day,
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one look to the land—
only darkness and distress;
and the light grows dark with its clouds.(E)
Isaiah 5:26-30
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Isaiah 5:26-30
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26 He lifts up a banner(A) for the distant nations,
he whistles(B) for those at the ends of the earth.(C)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(D) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(E) is loosened at the waist,(F)
not a sandal strap is broken.(G)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(H)
all their bows(I) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(J) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(K)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(L)
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(M) their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.(N)
30 In that day(O) they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.(P)
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness(Q) and distress;(R)
even the sun will be darkened(S) by clouds.
1 Corinthians 14:21
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1 Corinthians 14:21
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21 In the law it is written,
“By people of strange tongues
and by the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
yet even then they will not listen to me,”
says the Lord.(A)
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1 Corinthians 14:21
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1 Corinthians 14:21
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Luke 19:43-44
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Luke 19:43-44
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43 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[a](B)
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- 19.44 Gk lacks from God
Luke 19:43-44
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Luke 19:43-44
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43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(B) They will not leave one stone on another,(C) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(D) to you.”
Matthew 24:28
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Matthew 24:28
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28 Wherever the corpse is, there the eagles will gather.
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28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.(A)
Habakkuk 1:6-7
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Habakkuk 1:6-7
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6 For I am rousing the Chaldeans,
that fierce and impetuous nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth
to seize dwellings not their own.(A)
7 Dread and fearsome are they;
their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.(B)
Habakkuk 1:6-7
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Habakkuk 1:6-7
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