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Jeremiah 51:12
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Jeremiah 51:12
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12 (A)Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon;
Make the guard strong,
Set up the watchmen,
Prepare the ambushes.
For the Lord has both devised and done
What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:12
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Jeremiah 51:12
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Jeremiah 51:11
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Jeremiah 51:11
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11 (A)Make[a] the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
(B)The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
(C)For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is (D)the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:11 Polish the arrows!
Isaiah 13:2
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Isaiah 13:2
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2 “Lift(A) up a banner (B)on the high mountain,
Raise your voice to them;
(C)Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
Isaiah 13:2
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Isaiah 13:2
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Nahum 2:1
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Nahum 2:1
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The Destruction of Nineveh
2 He[a] who scatters has come up before your face.
Man the fort!
Watch the road!
Strengthen your flanks!
Fortify your power mightily.
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- Nahum 2:1 Vg. He who destroys
Nahum 2:1
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Nahum 2:1
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Jeremiah 51:29
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Jeremiah 51:29
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29 And the land will tremble and sorrow;
For every (A)purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon,
(B)To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:29
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Jeremiah 51:29
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Nahum 3:14-15
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Nahum 3:14-15
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14 Draw your water for the siege!
(A)Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!
15 There the fire will devour you,
The sword will cut you off;
It will eat you up like a (B)locust.
Make yourself many—like the locust!
Make yourself many—like the swarming locusts!
Nahum 3:14-15
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Nahum 3:14-15
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Joel 3:9-14
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Joel 3:9-14
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9 (A)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your [a]pruning hooks into spears;
(C)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (D)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (E)judge all the surrounding nations.
13 (F)Put in the sickle, for (G)the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the (H)winepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For (I)the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Footnotes
- Joel 3:10 pruning knives
Joel 3:9-14
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Joel 3:9-14
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9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!(A)
Rouse the warriors!(B)
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks(C) into spears.(D)
Let the weakling(E) say,
“I am strong!”(F)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble(G) there.
Bring down your warriors,(H) Lord!
12 “Let the nations be roused;
let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(I)
for there I will sit
to judge(J) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(K)
for the harvest(L) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(M)
for the winepress(N) is full
and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”
Joel 3:2
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Joel 3:2
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2 (A)I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I (B)will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
Joel 3:2
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Joel 3:2
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Lamentations 2:17
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Lamentations 2:17
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17 The Lord has done what He (A)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to (B)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the [a]horn of your adversaries.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:17 Strength
Lamentations 2:17
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Lamentations 2:17
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Jeremiah 51:27
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Jeremiah 51:27
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27 (A)Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
(B)Prepare the nations against her,
Call (C)the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
Jeremiah 51:27
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Jeremiah 51:27
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Jeremiah 50:2
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Jeremiah 50:2
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2 “Declare among the nations,
Proclaim, and [a]set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it—
Say, ‘Babylon is (A)taken, (B)Bel is shamed.
[b]Merodach is broken in pieces;
(C)Her idols are humiliated,
Her images are broken in pieces.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:2 lift
- Jeremiah 50:2 Or Marduk; a Babylonian god
Jeremiah 50:2
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Jeremiah 50:2
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Jeremiah 46:3-5
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Jeremiah 46:3-5
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3 “Order[a] the [b]buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
(A)Put on the armor!
5 Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For (B)fear was all around,” says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:3 Set in order
- Jeremiah 46:3 A small shield
Jeremiah 46:3-5
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Jeremiah 46:3-5
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3 “Prepare your shields,(A) both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish(B) your spears,
put on your armor!(C)
5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee(D) in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror(E) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
Isaiah 8:9-10
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Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 “Be(A) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 (B)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (C)but it will not stand,
(D)For [a]God is with us.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel
Isaiah 8:9-10
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Isaiah 8:9-10
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