Deuteronomy 4:26
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26 (A)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not [a]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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- Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
Deuteronomy 32:1
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The Song of Moses
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Jeremiah 6:19
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19 (A)Hear, O earth!
Behold, I will certainly bring (B)calamity on this people—
(C)The fruit of their thoughts,
Because they have not heeded My words
Nor My law, but rejected it.
Jeremiah 2:12
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12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 1:2
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 (A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have nourished and brought up children,
And they have rebelled against Me;
Jeremiah 22:29
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29 (A)O earth, earth, earth,
Hear the word of the Lord!
Joshua 23:16
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16 [a]When you have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, then the (A)anger of the Lord will burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”
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- Joshua 23:16 Or if ever
Deuteronomy 31:28
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28 Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing (A)and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
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Deuteronomy 30:18-19
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18 (A)I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 (B)I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that (C)I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;
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Deuteronomy 29:28
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28 And the Lord (A)uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’
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Leviticus 18:28
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28 lest (A)the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
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Luke 21:24
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24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles (A)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Micah 1:2
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The Coming Judgment on Israel
2 Hear, all you peoples!
Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
Let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from (A)His holy temple.
Ezekiel 33:28
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28 (A)For I will make the land most desolate, [a]her (B)arrogant strength shall cease, and (C)the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.
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- Ezekiel 33:28 Lit. pride of her strength
Jeremiah 44:22
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22 So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, (A)as it is this day.
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Isaiah 24:1-3
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Impending Judgment on the Earth
24 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
2 And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the (A)priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
(B)As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3 The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.
Isaiah 6:11
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11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”
And He answered:
(A)“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
Leviticus 26:31-35
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31 I will lay your (A)cities waste and (B)bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not (C)smell the fragrance of your [a]sweet aromas.
32 (D)I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
33 (E)I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you;
your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
34 (F)Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land;
then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest—
for the time it did not rest on your (G)sabbaths when you dwelt in it.
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- Leviticus 26:31 pleasing
Ezekiel 36:4
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4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, the hills, the [a]rivers, the valleys, the desolate wastes, and the cities that have been forsaken, which (A)became plunder and (B)mockery to the rest of the nations all around—
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- Ezekiel 36:4 Or ravines
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