Jeremiah 21:14
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14 And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness,
says the Lord.
I will light a fire in your forests
that will burn up everything around you.’”
Isaiah 3:10-11
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10 Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
11 But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.
Jeremiah 32:19
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19 You have all wisdom and do great and mighty miracles. You see the conduct of all people, and you give them what they deserve.
Proverbs 1:31
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31 Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way,
choking on their own schemes.
Jeremiah 52:13
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13 He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[a] in the city.
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- 52:13 Or destroyed the houses of all the important people.
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”
2 Chronicles 36:19
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19 Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.[a]
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- 36:19 Or destroyed all the valuable articles from the Temple.
Ezekiel 20:46-48
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46 “Son of man, turn and face the south[a] and speak out against it; prophesy against the brushlands of the Negev. 47 Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Hear the word of the Lord! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north. 48 And everyone in the world will see that I, the Lord, have set this fire. It will not be put out.’”
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- 20:46 Hebrew toward Teman.
Jeremiah 9:25
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25 “A time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—
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Isaiah 10:18-19
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18 The Lord will consume Assyria’s glory
like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land;
it will waste away like sick people in a plague.
19 Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive—
so few that a child could count them!
Galatians 6:7-8
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7 Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.
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Zechariah 11:1
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11 Open your doors, Lebanon,
so that fire may devour your cedar forests.
Jeremiah 22:7
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7 I will call for wreckers,
who will bring out their tools to dismantle you.
They will tear out all your fine cedar beams
and throw them on the fire.
Jeremiah 11:22
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22 So this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says about them: “I will punish them! Their young men will die in battle, and their boys and girls will starve to death.
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Jeremiah 6:29
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29 The bellows fiercely fan the flames
to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
for the wickedness remains.
Isaiah 37:24
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24 By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest heights
and explored its deepest forests.
Isaiah 27:10-11
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10 The fortified towns will be silent and empty,
the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds.
Calves will graze there,
chewing on twigs and branches.
11 The people are like the dead branches of a tree,
broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation,
for its people have turned away from God.
Therefore, the one who made them
will show them no pity or mercy.
Isaiah 24:21
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21 In that day the Lord will punish the gods in the heavens
and the proud rulers of the nations on earth.
Isaiah 10:12
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12 After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.
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