24 And they shall come against you from the north[a] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. (A)They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and (B)I will commit the judgment to them, and (C)they shall judge you according to their judgments.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:24 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown

24 They will come against you with weapons,[a] chariots and wagons(A) and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment,(B) and they will punish you according to their standards.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

The shield of his mighty men is red;
    (A)his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
    on the day he musters them;
    the cypress spears are brandished.
(B)The chariots race madly through the streets;
    they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
    they dart like lightning.

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The shields of the soldiers are red;
    the warriors are clad in scarlet.(A)
The metal on the chariots flashes
    on the day they are made ready;
    the spears of juniper are brandished.[a]
The chariots(B) storm through the streets,
    rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
    they dart about like lightning.

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  1. Nahum 2:3 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.

10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached.

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10 His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the warhorses, wagons and chariots(A) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.

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45 But righteous men (A)shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.”

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45 But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood,(A) because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.(B)

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38 (A)And I will judge you (B)as women who commit adultery and (C)shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

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38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood;(A) I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.(B)

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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    (A)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers (B)look not back to their children,
    so feeble are their hands,

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at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots(A)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.(B)

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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in (A)the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at (B)Riblah, in the land of Hamath; (C)and he passed sentence on him. The king of Babylon (D)slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at (E)Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon (F)slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.

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But the Babylonian[a] army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah(A) in the plains of Jericho. They captured(B) him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah(C) in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him. There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles(D) of Judah.

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  1. Jeremiah 39:5 Or Chaldean

14 Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, (A)for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

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14 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy(A) is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

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The crack of the whip, and (A)rumble of the wheel,
    (B)galloping horse and (C)bounding chariot!
Horsemen charging,
    flashing sword and (D)glittering spear,
(E)hosts of slain,
    heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
    they stumble over the bodies!

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The crack of whips,
    the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
    and jolting chariots!
Charging cavalry,
    flashing swords
    and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
    piles of dead,
bodies without number,
    people stumbling over the corpses(A)

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23 But to them it will seem like a false divination. (A)They have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, (B)that they may be taken.

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23 It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind(A) them of their guilt(B) and take them captive.

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