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Jeremiah 51:12
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Jeremiah 51:12
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12 Raise the battle flag against Babylon!
Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen.
Prepare an ambush,
for the Lord will fulfill all his plans against 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 Sharpen the arrows!
Lift up the shields![a]
For the Lord has inspired the kings of the Medes
to march against Babylon and destroy her.
This is his vengeance against those
who desecrated his Temple.
Footnotes
- 51:11 Greek version reads Fill up the quivers.
Isaiah 13:2
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Isaiah 13:2
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2 “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.
Call up an army against Babylon.
Wave your hand to encourage them
as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
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 Fall of Nineveh
2 [a]Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh.
Man the ramparts! Watch the roads!
Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!
Footnotes
- 2:1 Verses 2:1-13 are numbered 2:2-14 in Hebrew text.
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 The earth trembles and writhes in pain,
for everything the Lord has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.
Babylon will be left desolate without a single 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 Get ready for the siege!
Store up water!
Strengthen the defenses!
Go into the pits to trample clay,
and pack it into molds,
making bricks to repair the walls.
15 But the fire will devour you;
the sword will cut you down.
The enemy will consume you like locusts,
devouring everything they see.
There will be no escape,
even if you multiply like 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 Say to the nations far and wide:
“Get ready for war!
Call out your best warriors.
Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
10 Hammer your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
11 Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.
Gather together in the valley.”
And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!
12 “Let the nations be called to arms.
Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I, the Lord, will sit
to pronounce judgment on them all.
13 Swing the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.[a]
Come, tread the grapes,
for the winepress is full.
The storage vats are overflowing
with the wickedness of these people.”
14 Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.
There the day of the Lord will soon arrive.
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 I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[a]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.
Footnotes
- 3:2 Jehoshaphat means “the Lord judges.”
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 But it is the Lord who did just as he planned.
He has fulfilled the promises of disaster
he made long ago.
He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy.
He has caused her enemies to gloat over her
and has given them power over her.
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 Raise a signal flag to the nations.
Sound the battle cry!
Mobilize them all against Babylon.
Prepare them to fight against her!
Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a commander,
and bring a multitude of horses like swarming 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 This is what the Lord says:
“Tell the whole world,
and keep nothing back.
Raise a signal flag
to tell everyone that Babylon will fall!
Her images and idols[a] will be shattered.
Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.
Footnotes
- 50:2 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.
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 “Prepare your shields,
and advance into battle!
4 Harness the horses,
and mount the stallions.
Take your positions.
Put on your helmets.
Sharpen your spears,
and prepare your armor.
5 But what do I see?
The Egyptian army flees in terror.
The bravest of its fighting men run
without a backward glance.
They are terrorized at every turn,”
says the Lord.
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 “Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
10 Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
For God is with us![a]”
Footnotes
- 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel!
Isaiah 8:9-10
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Isaiah 8:9-10
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