Isaiah 47:2
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2 Take the millstones and grind meal;
remove your veil;
strip off your robe; uncover your legs;
pass through the rivers.
Matthew 24:41
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41 Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken, and one will be left.
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Judges 16:21
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21 So the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles, and he ground at the mill in the prison.
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Exodus 11:5
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5 Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the handmill and all the firstborn of the livestock.(A)
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Isaiah 20:4
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4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as captives and the Cushites as exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.(A)
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Job 31:10
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10 then let my wife grind for another,
and let other men kneel over her.(A)
Luke 17:35
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35 There will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken and the other left.”[a]
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- 17.35 Other ancient authorities add 17.36, “Two will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.”
Nahum 3:5-6
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5 I am against you,
says the Lord of hosts,
and will lift up your skirts over your face,
and I will let nations look on your nakedness
and kingdoms on your shame.(A)
6 I will throw filth at you
and treat you with contempt
and make you a spectacle.(B)
Micah 1:11
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11 Pass on your way,
inhabitants of Shaphir,
in nakedness and shame;
the inhabitants of Zaanan
do not come forth;
Beth-ezel is wailing
and shall remove its support from you.(A)
Hosea 2:3
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3 or I will strip her naked
and expose her as in the day she was born
and make her like a wilderness
and turn her into a parched land
and kill her with thirst.(A)
Ezekiel 16:37-39
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37 therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated; I will gather them against you from all around and will uncover your nakedness to them so that they may see all your nakedness.(A) 38 I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged and bring blood upon you in wrath and jealousy.(B) 39 I will deliver you into their hands, and they shall throw down your platform and break down your lofty places; they shall strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful objects and leave you naked and bare.(C)
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Lamentations 5:13
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13 Young men are compelled to grind,
and boys stagger under loads of wood.(A)
Jeremiah 27:7
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7 All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.(A)
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Jeremiah 13:26
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26 I myself will lift up your skirts over your face,
and your shame will be seen.(A)
Jeremiah 13:22
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22 And if you say in your heart,
“Why have these things come upon me?”
it is for the greatness of your iniquity
that your skirts are lifted up
and you are violated.(A)
Isaiah 32:11
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11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
shudder, you complacent ones;
strip and make yourselves bare,
and put sackcloth on your loins.(A)
Isaiah 3:17
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17 the Lord will afflict with scabs
the heads of the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their scalps and heads.
Genesis 24:65
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65 and said to the servant, “Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.
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