Ezekiel 25:3

New King James Version

³Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,

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Ezekiel 25:3

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³Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!^(A)” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated^(B) and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,^(C)

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Ezekiel 36:2

New King James Version

²Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(A)the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! ^(B)The ^[a]ancient heights ^(C)have become our possession,’ ” ’

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Ezekiel 36:2 Or everlasting

Ezekiel 36:2

New International Version

²This is what the Sovereign Lord says:^(A) The enemy said of you, “Aha!^(B) The ancient heights^(C) have become our possession.^(D)”’

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Proverbs 17:5

New King James Version

⁵^(A)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
^(B)He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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Proverbs 17:5

New International Version

⁵Whoever mocks the poor^(A) shows contempt for their Maker;^(B)
whoever gloats over disaster^(C) will not go unpunished.^(D)

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Psalm 70:2-3

New King James Version

²^(A)Let them be ashamed and confounded
Who seek my life;
Let them be ^[a]turned back and confused
Who desire my hurt.
³^(B)Let them be turned back because of their shame,
Who say, ^[b]“Aha, aha!”

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Psalm 70:2 So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. appalled (cf. 40:15)
Psalm 70:3 An expression of scorn

Psalm 70:2-3

New International Version

²May those who want to take my life^(A)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.^(B)
³May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(C)
    turn back because of their shame.

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Micah 7:8

New King James Version

Israel’s Confession and Comfort

⁸^(A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
^(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.

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Micah 7:8

New International Version

Israel Will Rise

⁸Do not gloat over me,^(A) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.^(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.^(C)

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Ezekiel 25:6

New King James Version

⁶‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you ^(A)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and ^(B)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,

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Ezekiel 25:6

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⁶For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands^(A) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,^(B)

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Proverbs 24:17-18

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¹⁷^(A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
¹⁸Lest the Lord see it, and ^[a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.

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Proverbs 24:18 Lit. it be evil in His eyes

Proverbs 24:17-18

New International Version

Saying 28

¹⁷Do not gloat^(A) when your enemy falls;
when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,^(B)
¹⁸or the Lord will see and disapprove
and turn his wrath away from them.^(C)

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Ezekiel 35:10-15

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¹⁰“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will ^(A)possess them,’ although ^(B)the Lord was there, ¹¹therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will do ^(C)according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. ¹²^(D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have ^(E)heard all your ^(F)blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’ ¹³Thus ^(G)with your mouth you have ^[a]boasted against Me and multiplied your ^(H)words against Me; I have heard them.”

¹⁴‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(I)“The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate. ¹⁵^(J)As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, ^(K)so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’

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Ezekiel 35:13 Lit. made yourself great

Ezekiel 35:10-15

New International Version

¹⁰“‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession^(A) of them,” even though I the Lord was there, ¹¹therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will treat you in accordance with the anger^(B) and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.^(C) ¹²Then you will know that I the Lord have heard all the contemptible things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You said, “They have been laid waste and have been given over to us to devour.^(D)” ¹³You boasted^(E) against me and spoke against me without restraint, and I heard it.^(F) ¹⁴This is what the Sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.^(G) ¹⁵Because you rejoiced^(H) when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir,^(I) you and all of Edom.^(J) Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

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Ezekiel 26:2-21

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²“Son of man, ^(A)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ^(B)‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’

³“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. ⁴And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and ^(C)make her like the top of a rock. ⁵It shall be a place for spreading nets ^(D)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. ⁶Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. ^(E)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’

⁷“For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north ^(F)Nebuchadnezzar^[a] king of Babylon, ^(G)king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. ⁸He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will ^(H)heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a ^[b]defense against you. ⁹He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. ¹¹With the hooves of his ^(I)horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. ¹²They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the ^(J)midst of the water. ¹³^(K)I will put an end to the sound of ^(L)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. ¹⁴^(M)I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.

¹⁵“Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not ^(N)shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? ¹⁶Then all the ^(O)princes of the sea will ^(P)come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; ^(Q)they will sit on the ground, ^(R)tremble every moment, and ^(S)be astonished at you. ¹⁷And they will take up a ^(T)lamentation for you, and say to you:

“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was ^(U)strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
¹⁸Now ^(V)the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’

¹⁹“For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down ^(W)with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory ^(X)in the land of the living. ²¹^(Y)I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; ^(Z)though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”

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Ezekiel 26:7 Heb. Nebuchadrezzar, and so elsewhere in the book
Ezekiel 26:8 Lit. a large shield

Ezekiel 26:2-21

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²“Son of man, because Tyre^(A) has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha!^(B) The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,’ ³therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the sea^(C) casting up its waves. ⁴They will destroy^(D) the walls of Tyre^(E) and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her rubble and make her a bare rock. ⁵Out in the sea^(F) she will become a place to spread fishnets,^(G) for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will become plunder^(H) for the nations,^(I) ⁶and her settlements on the mainland will be ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

⁷“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar^[a]^(J) king of Babylon, king of kings,^(K) with horses and chariots,^(L) with horsemen and a great army. ⁸He will ravage your settlements on the mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works^(M) against you, build a ramp^(N) up to your walls and raise his shields against you. ⁹He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and demolish your towers with his weapons.^(O) ¹⁰His 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^(P) when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through. ¹¹The hooves^(Q) of his horses will trample all your streets; he will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars^(R) will fall to the ground.^(S) ¹²They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea.^(T) ¹³I will put an end^(U) to your noisy songs,^(V) and the music of your harps^(W) will be heard no more.^(X) ¹⁴I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread fishnets. You will never be rebuilt,^(Y) for I the Lord have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.

¹⁵“This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands^(Z) tremble^(AA) at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan^(AB) and the slaughter takes place in you? ¹⁶Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered^(AC) garments. Clothed^(AD) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(AE) trembling^(AF) every moment, appalled^(AG) at you. ¹⁷Then they will take up a lament^(AH) concerning you and say to you:

“‘How you are destroyed, city of renown,
    peopled by men of the sea!
You were a power on the seas,
    you and your citizens;
you put your terror
    on all who lived there.^(AI)
¹⁸Now the coastlands tremble^(AJ)
    on the day of your fall;
the islands in the sea
    are terrified at your collapse.’^(AK)

¹⁹“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths^(AL) over you and its vast waters cover you,^(AM) ²⁰then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,^(AN) to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place^[b] in the land of the living.^(AO) ²¹I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(AP) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(AQ)

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Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah
Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory

Ezekiel 25:8

New King James Version

Proclamation Against Moab

⁸‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because ^(A)Moab and ^(B)Seir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’

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Ezekiel 25:8

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A Prophecy Against Moab

⁸“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab^(A) and Seir^(B) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”

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Lamentations 4:21

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²¹Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of ^(A)Edom,
You who dwell in the land of Uz!
^(B)The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.

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Lamentations 4:21

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²¹Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
you who live in the land of Uz.^(A)
But to you also the cup^(B) will be passed;
you will be drunk and stripped naked.^(C)

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Lamentations 2:21-22

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²¹“Young^(A) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the ^(B)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.

²²“You have invited as to a feast day
^(C)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
^(D)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have ^(E)destroyed.”

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Lamentations 2:21-22

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²¹“Young and old lie together
    in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
    have fallen by the sword.^(A)
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
    you have slaughtered them without pity.^(B)

²²“As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors^(C) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped^(D) or survived;
those I cared for and reared^(E)
    my enemy has destroyed.”

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