Habakkuk 1:6
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6 For indeed I am (A)raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty (B)nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
2 Kings 24:2
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2 (A)And the Lord sent against him raiding [a]bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, (B)according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.
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Jeremiah 5:15
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15 Behold, I will bring a (A)nation against you (B)from afar,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.
Jeremiah 25:9
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9 behold, I will send and take (A)all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and (C)make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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Isaiah 23:13
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13 Behold, the land of the (A)Chaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for (B)wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.
Jeremiah 21:4
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4 ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the [a]Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and (A)I will assemble them in the midst of this city.
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Jeremiah 6:22-23
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22 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, a people comes from the (A)north country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice (B)roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”
Jeremiah 4:8
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8 For this, (A)clothe yourself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 4:6
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6 Set up the [a]standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the (A)north,
And great destruction.”
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Jeremiah 1:15-16
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15 For behold, I am (A)calling
All the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord;
“They shall come and (B)each one set his throne
At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,
Against all its walls all around,
And against all the cities of Judah.
16 I will utter My judgments
Against them concerning all their wickedness,
Because (C)they have forsaken Me,
Burned (D)incense to other gods,
And worshiped the works of their own (E)hands.
Isaiah 39:6-7
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6 ‘Behold, the days are coming (A)when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord. 7 ‘And they shall take away some of your (B)sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”
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2 Chronicles 36:17
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17 (A)Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who (B)killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.
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2 Chronicles 36:6
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6 (A)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in [a]bronze fetters to (B)carry him off to Babylon.
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Deuteronomy 28:49-52
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49 (A)The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, (B)as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, (C)which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
52 “They shall (D)besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you.
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