Jeremiah 15:8
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8 Their widows became more numerous
than the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of youths
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon her suddenly.
Isaiah 3:25-4:1
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25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your warriors in battle.(A)
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.(B)
4 Seven women shall take hold of one man on that day, saying,
“We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes;
just let us be called by your name;
take away our disgrace.”(C)
Luke 21:35
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35 like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.
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Jeremiah 6:4-5
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4 “Prepare war against her;
up, and let us attack at noon!”
“Woe to us, for the day declines;
the shadows of evening lengthen!”(A)
5 “Up, and let us attack by night,
and destroy her palaces!”(B)
Jeremiah 5:6
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6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall kill them;
a wolf from the desert shall destroy them.
A leopard is watching against their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many;
their faithlessness is great.(A)
Jeremiah 4:16
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16 Tell the nations, “Here they are!”
Proclaim against Jerusalem,
“Besiegers come from a distant land;
they shout against the cities of Judah.(A)
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