Isaiah 3:17
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17 So the Lord will send scabs on her head;
the Lord will make beautiful Zion bald.”
Jeremiah 13:22
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22 You may ask yourself,
“Why is all this happening to me?”
It is because of your many sins!
That is why you have been stripped
and raped by invading armies.
Micah 1:11
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11 You people in Shaphir,[a]
go as captives into exile—naked and ashamed.
The people of Zaanan[b]
dare not come outside their walls.
The people of Beth-ezel[c] mourn,
for their house has no support.
Isaiah 20:4
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4 For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians[a] as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
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- 20:4 Hebrew Cushites.
Leviticus 13:43-44
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43 The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore anywhere on the man’s head and it looks like a skin disease, 44 the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.
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Leviticus 13:29-30
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29 “If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin, 30 the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.
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Revelation 16:2
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2 So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue.
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Nahum 3:5
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5 “I am your enemy!”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
“And now I will lift your skirts
and show all the earth your nakedness and shame.
Ezekiel 23:25-29
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25 I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off your nose and ears, and any survivors will then be slaughtered by the sword. Your children will be taken away as captives, and everything that is left will be burned. 26 They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels. 27 In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.
28 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected. 29 They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world.
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Ezekiel 16:36-37
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36 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[a] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods, 37 this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
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- 16:36 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.
Isaiah 47:2-3
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2 Take heavy millstones and grind flour.
Remove your veil, and strip off your robe.
Expose yourself to public view.[a]
3 You will be naked and burdened with shame.
I will take vengeance against you without pity.”
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- 47:2 Hebrew Bare your legs; pass through the rivers.
Deuteronomy 28:27
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27 “The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
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