Ezekiel 21:10
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10 sharpened for the slaughter,(A)
polished to flash like lightning!
“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.(B)
Psalm 110:5-6
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Ezekiel 20:47
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47 Say to the southern forest:(A) ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume(B) all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north(C) will be scorched by it.(D)
Revelation 2:27
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Luke 21:34-35
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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
Habakkuk 3:11
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Nahum 3:3
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3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses(A)—
Nahum 1:10
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Amos 6:3-7
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3 You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.(A)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.(B)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.(C)
5 You strum away on your harps(D) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.(E)
6 You drink wine(F) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve(G) over the ruin of Joseph.(H)
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;(I)
your feasting and lounging will end.(J)
Ezekiel 21:25-27
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25 “‘You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come,(A) whose time of punishment has reached its climax,(B) 26 this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown.(C) It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.(D) 27 A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come;(E) to him I will give it.’(F)
Ezekiel 19:11-14
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11 Its branches were strong,
fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
and for its many branches.(A)
12 But it was uprooted(B) in fury
and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(C) made it shrivel,
it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
and fire consumed them.(D)
13 Now it is planted in the desert,(E)
in a dry and thirsty land.(F)
14 Fire spread from one of its main[a] branches
and consumed(G) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
fit for a ruler’s scepter.’(H)
“This is a lament(I) and is to be used as a lament.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:14 Or from under its
Jeremiah 46:4
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Isaiah 34:5-6
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5 My sword(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom,(B)
the people I have totally destroyed.(C)
6 The sword(D) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice(E) in Bozrah(F)
and a great slaughter(G) in the land of Edom.
Isaiah 22:12-14
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12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day(A)
to weep(B) and to wail,
to tear out your hair(C) and put on sackcloth.(D)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(E)
slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of wine!(F)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
“for tomorrow we die!”(G)
14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(H) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(I) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 5:12-14
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12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(A) and timbrels(B) and wine,
but they have no regard(C) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(D)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(E)
for lack of understanding;(F)
those of high rank(G) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(H)
14 Therefore Death(I) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(J)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(K)
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Psalm 89:38-45
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38 But you have rejected,(A) you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the dust.(B)
40 You have broken through all his walls(C)
and reduced his strongholds(D) to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered(E) him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(F)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.(G)
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
and have not supported him in battle.(H)
44 You have put an end to his splendor
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short(I) the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.(J)
Psalm 89:26-32
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26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,(A)
my God, the Rock(B) my Savior.’(C)
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,(D)
the most exalted(E) of the kings(F) of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.(G)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.(H)
30 “If his sons forsake my law
and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
their iniquity with flogging;(I)
Psalm 2:7-9
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7 I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)