Isaiah 47:11
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11 But evil shall come upon you,
which you cannot charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
which you will not be able to ward off,
and ruin shall come on you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.(A)
Isaiah 47:11
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)
Revelation 18:9-10
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9 And the kings of the earth, who engaged in sexual immorality[a] and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;(A) 10 they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”(B)
Footnotes
- 18.9 Or prostitution
Revelation 18:9-10
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Revelation 3:3
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3 Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.(A)
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Revelation 3:3
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Luke 12:59
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59 I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”(A)
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Luke 12:59
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59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”(A)
Matthew 18:34
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34 And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt.
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Matthew 18:34
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34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
Daniel 5:25-30
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25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene,[a] tekel, and parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: mene: God has numbered the days of[b] your kingdom and brought it to an end;(A) 27 tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;(B) 28 peres:[c] your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should rank third in the kingdom.
30 That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.(C)
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Daniel 5:25-30
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25 “This is the inscription that was written:
mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26 “Here is what these words mean:
Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)
27 Tekel[b]: You have been weighed on the scales(C) and found wanting.(D)
28 Peres[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(E) and Persians.”(F)
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(G) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(H)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(I) king(J) of the Babylonians,[d] was slain,(K)
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
Jeremiah 51:39-42
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39 When they are inflamed, I will set out their drink
and make them drunk, until they become merry
and then sleep a perpetual sleep
and never wake, says the Lord.(A)
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats.(B)
41 How Sheshach[a] is taken;
the pride of the whole earth seized!
How Babylon has become
an object of horror among the nations!(C)
42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
she has been covered by its tumultuous waves.(D)
Footnotes
- 51.41 That is, Babylon
Jeremiah 51:39-42
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Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:41 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.
Isaiah 37:36
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Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
36 Then the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.(A)
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Isaiah 37:36
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36 Then the angel(A) of the Lord went out and put to death(B) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(C) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
Psalm 50:22
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22 Mark this, then, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.(A)
Psalm 50:22
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Nehemiah 4:11
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11 And our enemies said, “They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.”
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Nehemiah 4:11
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11 Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”
Exodus 12:29-30
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The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn
29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of the livestock.(A) 30 Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud cry in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.(B)
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Exodus 12:29-30
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29 At midnight(A) the Lord(B) struck down all the firstborn(C) in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock(D) as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(E) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
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