Isaiah 15:9
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9 For the waters of Dibon[a] are full of blood,
yet I will bring upon Dibon[b] even more—
a lion for those of Moab who escape,
for the remnant of the land.(A)
2 Kings 17:25
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25 When they first settled there, they did not worship the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them that killed some of them.
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Amos 5:19
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19 as if someone fled from a lion
and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
and was bitten by a snake.(A)
Jeremiah 50:17
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17 Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured it, and now at the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has gnawed its bones.(A)
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Jeremiah 48:43-45
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43 Terror, pit, and trap
are before you, O inhabitants of Moab!
says the Lord.(A)
44 Everyone who flees from the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and everyone who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the trap.
For I will bring these things[a] upon Moab
in the year of their punishment,
says the Lord.(B)
45 In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stop exhausted,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed the forehead[b] of Moab,
the scalp of the people of tumult.[c](C)
Jeremiah 15:3
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3 And I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, says the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.(A)
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Leviticus 26:28
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28 I will continue hostile to you in fury; I in turn will punish you myself sevenfold for your sins.
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Leviticus 26:24
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24 then I, too, will continue hostile to you: I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins.(A)
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Leviticus 26:21-22
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21 “If you continue hostile to me and will not obey me, I will continue to plague you sevenfold for your sins. 22 I will let loose wild animals against you, and they shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock; they shall make you few in number, and your roads shall be deserted.(A)
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Leviticus 26:18
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18 And if in spite of this you will not obey me, I will continue to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
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