Jeremiah 16:16
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16 “Behold, (A)I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out (B)of the clefts of the rocks.
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Habakkuk 1:14-15
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14 You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
15 (A)He[a] brings all of them up (B)with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe
Amos 4:2
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2 (A)The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
(B)when they shall take you away with hooks,
(C)even the last of you with fishhooks.
Micah 7:2
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2 (A)The godly has perished from the earth,
and (B)there is no one upright among mankind;
(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
and (D)each hunts the other with a net.
Revelation 6:15-17
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15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave[a] and free, (A)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 (B)calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of (C)him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for (D)the great day of their wrath has come, and (E)who can stand?”
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- Revelation 6:15 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Amos 9:1-3
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The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
(A)“Strike the capitals until (B)the thresholds (C)shake,
(D)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
(E)not one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.
2 (F)“If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
(G)if they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide themselves on (H)the top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
(I)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
1 Samuel 26:20
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20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek (A)a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
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Genesis 10:9
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9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 (A)behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, (B)my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, (C)and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
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Isaiah 24:17-18
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17 (A)Terror and the pit and the snare[a]
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18 (B)He who flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For (C)the windows of heaven are opened,
and (D)the foundations of the earth tremble.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:17 The Hebrew words for terror, pit, and snare sound alike
Amos 5:19
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19 (A)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
1 Samuel 24:11
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11 See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that (A)there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though (B)you hunt my life to take it.
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Luke 17:34-37
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34 I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 (A)There will be two women (B)grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”[a] 37 And they said to him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, (C)“Where the corpse[b] is, there the vultures[c] will gather.”
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- Luke 17:35 Some manuscripts add verse 36: Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left
- Luke 17:37 Greek body
- Luke 17:37 Or eagles
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