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Ecclesiastes 10:16
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Ecclesiastes 10:16
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16 What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant,[a]
the land whose leaders feast in the morning.
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- 10:16 Or a child.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
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Ecclesiastes 10:16
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- Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child
Isaiah 3:12
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Isaiah 3:12
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12 Childish leaders oppress my people,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you;
they send you down the wrong road.
Isaiah 3:12
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Isaiah 3:12
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Isaiah 5:11-12
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Isaiah 5:11-12
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11 What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning
looking for a drink of alcohol
and spend long evenings drinking wine
to make themselves flaming drunk.
12 They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties—
lyre and harp, tambourine and flute—
but they never think about the Lord
or notice what he is doing.
Isaiah 5:11-12
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Isaiah 5:11-12
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11 Woe(A) to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.(B)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(C) and timbrels(D) and wine,
but they have no regard(E) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(F)
Isaiah 3:4-5
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Isaiah 3:4-5
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4 I will make boys their leaders,
and toddlers their rulers.
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man,
neighbor against neighbor.
Young people will insult their elders,
and vulgar people will sneer at the honorable.
Isaiah 3:4-5
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Isaiah 3:4-5
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4 “I will make mere youths their officials;
children will rule over them.”(A)
5 People will oppress each other—
man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(B)
The young will rise up against the old,
the nobody against the honored.
Proverbs 20:1-2
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Proverbs 20:1-2
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20 Wine produces mockers; alcohol leads to brawls.
Those led astray by drink cannot be wise.
2 The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;
to rouse his anger is to risk your life.
Jeremiah 21:12
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Jeremiah 21:12
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12 This is what the Lord says to the dynasty of David:
“‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge!
Help those who have been robbed;
rescue them from their oppressors.
Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
because of all your sins.
Jeremiah 21:12
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Jeremiah 21:12
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2 Chronicles 13:7
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2 Chronicles 13:7
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7 Then a whole gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon’s son Rehoboam when he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.
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2 Chronicles 13:7
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2 Chronicles 13:7
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7 Some worthless scoundrels(A) gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive(B) and not strong enough to resist them.
Hosea 7:5-7
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Hosea 7:5-7
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5 On royal holidays, the princes get drunk with wine,
carousing with those who mock them.
6 Their hearts are like an oven
blazing with intrigue.
Their plot smolders[a] through the night,
and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire.
7 Burning like an oven,
they consume their leaders.
They kill their kings one after another,
and no one cries to me for help.
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- 7:6 Hebrew Their baker sleeps.
Hosea 7:5-7
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Hosea 7:5-7
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5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(A)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(B)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;(C)
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(D)
and none of them calls(E) on me.
Isaiah 28:7-8
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Isaiah 28:7-8
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7 Now, however, Israel is led by drunks
who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol.
The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol
and lose themselves in wine.
They reel when they see visions
and stagger as they render decisions.
8 Their tables are covered with vomit;
filth is everywhere.
Isaiah 28:7-8
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Isaiah 28:7-8
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7 And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
they stumble when rendering decisions.
8 All the tables are covered with vomit(G)
and there is not a spot without filth.
2 Chronicles 36:9
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2 Chronicles 36:9
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Jehoiachin Rules in Judah
9 Jehoiachin was eighteen[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
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- 36:9 As in one Hebrew manuscript, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 2 Kgs 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts read eight.
2 Chronicles 36:9
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2 Chronicles 36:9
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Jehoiachin King of Judah(A)
9 Jehoiachin(B) was eighteen[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
2 Chronicles 36:5
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2 Chronicles 36:5
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5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
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2 Chronicles 36:5
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2 Chronicles 36:5
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Jehoiakim King of Judah(A)
5 Jehoiakim(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:2
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2 Chronicles 36:2
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2 Jehoahaz[a] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
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2 Chronicles 36:2
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2 Chronicles 36:2
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Jehoahaz King of Judah(A)
2 Jehoahaz[a] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:2 Hebrew Joahaz, a variant of Jehoahaz; also in verse 4
2 Chronicles 36:11
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2 Chronicles 36:11
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Zedekiah Rules in Judah
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
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2 Chronicles 36:11
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2 Chronicles 36:11
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Zedekiah King of Judah(A)
11 Zedekiah(B) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
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