Ezekiel 21:10
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10 Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter,
Polished to flash like lightning!
Should we then make mirth?
It despises the scepter of My son,
As it does all wood.
Psalm 110:5-6
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5 The Lord is (A)at Your right hand;
He shall [a]execute kings (B)in the day of His wrath.
6 He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
(C)He shall [b]execute the heads of many countries.
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- Psalm 110:5 Lit. break kings in pieces
- Psalm 110:6 Lit. break in pieces
Ezekiel 20:47
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47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour (B)every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces (C)from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.
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Revelation 2:27
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27 ‘He(A) shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father;
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Luke 21:34-35
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The Importance of Watching(A)
34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For (D)it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
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- Luke 21:34 dissipation
Habakkuk 3:11
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11 The (A)sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.
Nahum 3:3
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3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.
There is a multitude of slain,
A great number of bodies,
Countless corpses—
They stumble over the corpses—
Nahum 1:10
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10 For while tangled (A)like thorns,
(B)And while drunken like drunkards,
(C)They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
Amos 6:3-7
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3 Woe to you who (A)put far off the day of (B)doom,
(C)Who cause (D)the seat of violence to come near;
4 Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
5 (E)Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves (F)musical instruments (G)like David;
6 Who (H)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(I)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore they shall now go (J)captive as the first of the captives,
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
Ezekiel 21:25-27
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25 ‘Now to you, O (A)profane, wicked prince of Israel, (B)whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end, 26 thus says the Lord God:
“Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
Nothing shall remain the same.
(C)Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.
27 [a]Overthrown, overthrown,
I will make it overthrown!
(D)It shall be no longer,
Until He comes whose right it is,
And I will give it to (E)Him.” ’
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- Ezekiel 21:27 Or Distortion, Ruin
Ezekiel 19:11-14
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11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers.
(A)She towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the [a]dense foliage.
12 But she was (B)plucked up in fury,
She was cast down to the ground,
And the (C)east wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 (D)Fire has come out from a rod of her branches
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch—a scepter for ruling.’ ”
(E)This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
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- Ezekiel 19:11 Or many branches
Jeremiah 46:4
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4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
(A)Put on the armor!
Isaiah 34:5-6
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5 “For (A)My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it (B)shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
6 The (C)sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made [a]overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For (D)the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
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- Isaiah 34:6 Lit. fat
Isaiah 22:12-14
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12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (C)drinking wine:
(D)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14 (E)Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there (F)will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.
Isaiah 5:12-14
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12 (A)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But (B)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.
13 (C)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (D)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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4 A time to (A)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 (A)cast off and (B)abhorred,[a]
You have been furious with Your [b]anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;
(C)You have [c]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his [d]strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way (D)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
44 You have made his [e]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah
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- Psalm 89:38 rejected
- Psalm 89:38 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah
- Psalm 89:39 defiled
- Psalm 89:40 fortresses
- Psalm 89:44 splendor or brightness
Psalm 89:26-32
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26 He shall cry to Me, ‘You are (A)my Father,
My God, and (B)the rock of my salvation.’
27 Also I will make him (C)My firstborn,
(D)The highest of the kings of the earth.
28 (E)My mercy I will keep for him forever,
And My covenant shall stand firm with him.
29 His seed also I will make to endure forever,
(F)And his throne (G)as the days of heaven.
30 “If(H) his sons (I)forsake My law
And do not walk in My judgments,
31 If they [a]break My statutes
And do not keep My commandments,
32 Then I will punish their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
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- Psalm 89:31 profane
Psalm 2:7-9
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7 “I will declare the [a]decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
(A)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9 (B)You shall [b]break them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”
Esther 3:15
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15 The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in [a]Shushan the [b]citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but (A)the city of Shushan was [c]perplexed.
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- Esther 3:15 Or Susa
- Esther 3:15 palace
- Esther 3:15 in confusion