Isaiah 37:29
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29 And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”
Ezekiel 38:4
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4 I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords.
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Isaiah 37:34
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34 The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,’
says the Lord.
Isaiah 30:28
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28 His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
Isaiah 10:12
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12 After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.
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Ezekiel 29:4
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4 I will put hooks in your jaws
and drag you out on the land
with fish sticking to your scales.
Acts 22:22
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22 The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn’t fit to live!”
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Acts 9:4
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4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
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Matthew 27:24
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24 Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!”
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Nahum 1:9-11
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9 Why are you scheming against the Lord?
He will destroy you with one blow;
he won’t need to strike twice!
10 His enemies, tangled like thornbushes
and staggering like drunks,
will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.
11 Who is this wicked counselor of yours
who plots evil against the Lord?
Amos 4:2
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2 The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness:
“The time will come when you will be led away
with hooks in your noses.
Every last one of you will be dragged away
like a fish on a hook!
Isaiah 37:10
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10 “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 36:10
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10 What’s more, do you think we have invaded your land without the Lord’s direction? The Lord himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!’”
Isaiah 36:4
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Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
4 Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah:
“This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
Psalm 93:3-4
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3 The floods have risen up, O Lord.
The floods have roared like thunder;
the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
4 But mightier than the violent raging of the seas,
mightier than the breakers on the shore—
the Lord above is mightier than these!
Psalm 83:2
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2 Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies?
Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
Psalm 74:23
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23 Don’t overlook what your enemies have said
or their growing uproar.
Psalm 74:4
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4 There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries;
there they set up their battle standards.
Psalm 46:6
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6 The nations are in chaos,
and their kingdoms crumble!
God’s voice thunders,
and the earth melts!
Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
Psalm 2:1-3
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Psalm 2
1 Why are the nations so angry?
Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
2 The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot together
against the Lord
and against his anointed one.
3 “Let us break their chains,” they cry,
“and free ourselves from slavery to God.”
Job 41:2
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2 Can you tie it with a rope through the nose
or pierce its jaw with a spike?
Job 15:25-26
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25 For they shake their fists at God,
defying the Almighty.
26 Holding their strong shields,
they defiantly charge against him.
2 Kings 19:27-28
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27 “But I know you well—
where you stay
and when you come and go.
I know the way you have raged against me.
28 And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”
John 15:22-23
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22 They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Anyone who hates me also hates my Father.
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