Isaiah 14:16
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16 Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
“Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,(A)
Jeremiah 50:23
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23 How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and broken!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!(A)
Psalm 58:10-11
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10 The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance done;
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.(A)
11 People will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges[a] on earth.”(B)
Footnotes
- 58.11 Or there are gods who judge
Jeremiah 51:20-23
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Israel the Creator’s Instrument
20 You are my war club, my weapon of battle:
with you I smash nations;
with you I destroy kingdoms;(A)
21 with you I smash the horse and its rider;
with you I smash the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I smash man and woman;
with you I smash the old man and the boy;
with you I smash the young man and the girl;(B)
23 with you I smash shepherds and their flocks;
with you I smash farmers and their teams;
with you I smash governors and deputies.
Isaiah 14:4-5
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4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has ceased!
How his insolence[a] has ceased!(A)
5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,
Footnotes
- 14.4 Q ms Compare Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of MT uncertain
Psalm 64:9
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9 Then everyone will fear;
they will tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.(A)
Psalm 52:7
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7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[a](A)
Footnotes
- 52.7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction
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