Isaiah 13:17
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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
Jeremiah 51:11
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Daniel 5:28-31
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28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (A)the Medes and (B)Persians.”[a]
29 Then (C)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (D)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 (E)That very night (F)Belshazzar the (G)Chaldean king was killed. 31 [b] And (H)Darius (I)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
- Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aramaic
Proverbs 6:34-35
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34 For (A)jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when (B)he takes revenge.
35 He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
Isaiah 41:25
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25 (A)I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
(B)from the rising of the sun, (C)and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
(A)the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O (B)Elam;
lay siege, O (C)Media;
all the (D)sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
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27 (A)“Set up a standard on the earth;
(B)blow the trumpet among the nations;
(C)prepare (D)the nations for war against her;
summon against her (E)the kingdoms,
(F)Ararat, Minni, and (G)Ashkenaz;
appoint a (H)marshal against her;
(I)bring up horses like bristling locusts.
28 (J)Prepare (K)the nations for war against her,
the kings of (L)the Medes, (M)with their governors (N)and deputies,
and every (O)land under their dominion.
Jeremiah 50:9
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9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon (A)a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
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Isaiah 13:3-5
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3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.[a]
4 The sound (A)of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
(B)The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 (C)They come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land.[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty
- Isaiah 13:5 Or earth; also verse 9
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