Deuteronomy 32:23
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23 I will heap disasters upon them,
spend my arrows against them:(A)
Ezekiel 5:16
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16 when I loose against you[a] my deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will let loose to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of bread.[b](A)
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Isaiah 24:17-18
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17 Terror, the pit, and the snare
are upon you, O inhabitants of the earth!(A)
18 Whoever flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and whoever climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.(B)
Psalm 7:12-13
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12 If one does not repent, God[a] will whet his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow;(A)
13 he has prepared his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.(B)
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- 7.12 Heb he
Ezekiel 14:21
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21 Therefore thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four deadly acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild animals, and pestilence, to cut off humans and animals from it!(A)
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Lamentations 3:13
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13 He shot into my vitals
the arrows of his quiver;
Deuteronomy 28:15
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Warnings against Disobedience
15 “But if you will not obey the Lord your God by diligently observing all his commandments and decrees that I am commanding you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you:(A)
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Leviticus 26:24
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24 then I, too, will continue hostile to you: I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins.(A)
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Matthew 24:7-8
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7 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines[a] and earthquakes in various places:(A) 8 all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.
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- 24.7 Other ancient authorities add and pestilences
Jeremiah 15:2-3
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2 And when they say to you, “Where shall we go?” you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord:
Those destined for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those destined for the sword, to the sword;
those destined for famine, to famine,
and those destined for captivity, to captivity.(A)
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, says the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.(B)
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Isaiah 26:15
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15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord;
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.(A)
Deuteronomy 29:21
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21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.(A)
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Leviticus 26:18
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18 And if in spite of this you will not obey me, I will continue to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
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