21 For the Lord will rise up (A)as on Mount Perazim;
    (B)as in the Valley of (C)Gibeon he will be roused;
to do his deed—strange is his deed!
    and to work his work—alien is his work!

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21 The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim,(A)
    he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon(B)
to do his work,(C) his strange work,
    and perform his task, his alien task.

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11 And he went up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them down there. And David said, “God has broken through[a] my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 14:11 Baal-perazim means Lord of breaking through

11 So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim,(A) and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.[a]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 14:11 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.

20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.” (A)Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.[a]

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal-perazim means Lord of breaking through

20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.[a](A)

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.

12 At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,

(A)“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
    and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”

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12 On the day the Lord gave the Amorites(A) over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
    and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.(B)

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10 (A)And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who[a] struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of (B)the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

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  1. Joshua 10:10 Or and he

10 The Lord threw them into confusion(A) before Israel,(B) so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon.(C) Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon(D) and cut them down all the way to Azekah(E) and Makkedah.(F)

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16 And David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

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16 So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon(A) to Gezer.(B)

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25 And David did as the Lord commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba (A)to Gezer.

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25 So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines(A) all the way from Gibeon[a](B) to Gezer.(C)

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:25 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew Geba

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it, 42 saying, (C)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now (D)they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For (E)the days will come upon you, when your enemies (F)will set up a barricade around you and (G)surround you and hem you in on every side 44 (H)and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And (I)they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know (J)the time of your (K)visitation.”

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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A) 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(B) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(C) They will not leave one stone on another,(D) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(E) to you.”

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15 All who pass along the way
    clap their hands at you;
(A)they hiss and wag their heads
    at the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
    (B)the perfection of beauty,
    (C)the joy of all the earth?”

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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14 therefore, behold, (A)I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and (B)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

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14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;(A)
the wisdom of the wise(B) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(C)

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19 As often as it passes through it will take you;
    (A)for morning by morning it will pass through,
    by day and by night;
and it will be (B)sheer terror to understand the message.

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19 As often as it comes it will carry you away;(A)
    morning after morning,(B) by day and by night,
    it will sweep through.”

The understanding of this message
    will bring sheer terror.(C)

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21 And the Lord will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 22 And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, (A)will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the Lord has made it sick— 23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and (B)salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, (C)an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, (D)Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations (E)will say, (F)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’

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21 The Lord will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster,(A) according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.(B)

22 Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it.(C) 23 The whole land will be a burning waste(D) of salt(E) and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah,(F) Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger.(G) 24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?(H) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

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14 (A)All your lovers have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of (B)an enemy,
    the punishment (C)of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
    (D)because your sins are flagrant.

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14 All your allies(A) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy(B) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,(C)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins(D) so many.

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