Isaiah 40:23
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23 (A)who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
Psalm 107:40
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Job 12:21
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21 He (A)pours contempt on princes
and loosens the belt of the strong.
Jeremiah 25:18-27
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18 (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, (B)to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day; 19 (C)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people, 20 and (D)all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of (E)the land of Uz and all the kings of (F)the land of the Philistines ((G)Ashkelon, (H)Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (I)Ashdod); 21 (J)Edom, (K)Moab, and the sons of (L)Ammon; 22 all the kings of (M)Tyre, all the kings of (N)Sidon, and the kings of the coastland across (O)the sea; 23 (P)Dedan, (Q)Tema, (R)Buz, and all who cut (S)the corners of their hair; 24 all the (T)kings of Arabia and all the kings of (U)the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (V)Elam, and all the kings of (W)Media; 26 all the kings of (X)the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of (Y)Babylon[a] shall drink.
27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (Z)Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of (AA)the sword that I am sending among you.’
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- Jeremiah 25:26 Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon
Isaiah 34:12
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12 Its nobles—there is no one there to call it a kingdom,
and all its princes shall be nothing.
Revelation 19:18-20
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18 (A)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,[a] both small and great.” 19 And I saw (B)the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies (C)gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with it (D)the false prophet (E)who in its presence[b] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (F)worshiped its image. These two were (G)thrown alive into the lake of (H)fire that burns with sulfur.
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- Revelation 19:18 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
- Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf
Luke 1:51-52
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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
(B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 (C)he has brought down the mighty from their thrones
(D)and exalted those of humble estate;
Isaiah 24:21-22
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21 On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven, in heaven,
and (A)the kings of the earth, on the earth.
22 (B)They will be gathered together
as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days (C)they will be punished.
Isaiah 23:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
(A)to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[a]
to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike
Isaiah 19:13-14
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13 The princes of (A)Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of (B)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (C)cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
14 The Lord has mingled within her (D)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
(E)as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
Psalm 76:12
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Job 34:19-20
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