Jeremiah 30:16
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16 ‘Therefore all those who devour you (A)shall be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into (B)captivity;
Those who plunder you shall become (C)plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a (D)prey.
Jeremiah 10:25
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25 (A)Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, (B)who do not know You,
And on the families who do not call on Your name;
For they have eaten up Jacob,
(C)Devoured him and consumed him,
And made his dwelling place desolate.
Isaiah 33:1
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A Prayer in Deep Distress
33 Woe to you (A)who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
(B)When you cease plundering,
You will be (C)plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
Exodus 23:22
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22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then (A)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
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Zechariah 2:8
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who (A)touches you touches the [a]apple of His eye.
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- Zechariah 2:8 Lit. pupil
Revelation 13:10
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10 (A)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; (B)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. (C)Here is the [a]patience and the faith of the saints.
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- Revelation 13:10 perseverance
Zechariah 12:2
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2 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem (A)a cup of [a]drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem.
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- Zechariah 12:2 Lit. reeling
Joel 3:8
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8 I will sell your sons and your daughters
Into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the (A)Sabeans,[a]
To a people (B)far off;
For the Lord has spoken.”
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- Joel 3:8 Lit. Shebaites, Is. 60:6; Ezek. 27:22
Isaiah 14:2
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2 Then people will take them (A)and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, (B)and rule over their oppressors.
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Psalm 129:5
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5 Let all those who hate Zion
Be put to shame and turned back.
Zephaniah 2:8
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8 “I(A) have heard the reproach of Moab,
And (B)the insults of the people of Ammon,
With which they have reproached My people,
And (C)made arrogant threats against their borders.
Habakkuk 2:16
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16 You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And [a]be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.
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- Habakkuk 2:16 DSS, LXX reel!; Syr., Vg. fall fast asleep!
Nahum 1:8
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8 But with an overflowing flood
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
Micah 7:10
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10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
And (A)shame will cover her who said to me,
(B)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
Micah 4:11
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11 (A)Now also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye (B)look upon Zion.”
Ezekiel 35:5
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5 (A)“Because you have had an [a]ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, (B)when their iniquity came to an end,
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- Ezekiel 35:5 Or everlasting
Ezekiel 29:6
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6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a (A)staff of reed to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 26:2-21
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2 “Son of man, (A)because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, (B)‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’
3 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and (C)make her like the top of a rock. 5 It shall be a place for spreading nets (D)in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. 6 Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. (E)Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’
7 “For thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north (F)Nebuchadnezzar[a] king of Babylon, (G)king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. 8 He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will (H)heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a [b]defense against you. 9 He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hooves of his (I)horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the (J)midst of the water. 13 (K)I will put an end to the sound of (L)your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. 14 (M)I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God.
15 “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not (N)shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? 16 Then all the (O)princes of the sea will (P)come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; (Q)they will sit on the ground, (R)tremble every moment, and (S)be astonished at you. 17 And they will take up a (T)lamentation for you, and say to you:
“How you have perished,
O one inhabited by seafaring men,
O renowned city,
Who was (U)strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
18 Now (V)the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’
19 “For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down (W)with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory (X)in the land of the living. 21 (Y)I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; (Z)though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 26:7 Heb. Nebuchadrezzar, and so elsewhere in the book
- Ezekiel 26:8 Lit. a large shield
Ezekiel 25:3-7
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3 Say to the Ammonites, ‘Hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, 4 indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the [a]men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 And I will make (B)Rabbah (C)a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. (D)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”
6 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you (E)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and (F)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel, 7 indeed, therefore, I will (G)stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
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- Ezekiel 25:4 Lit. sons
Lamentations 4:21-22
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21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of (A)Edom,
You who dwell in the land of Uz!
(B)The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
22 (C)The punishment of your iniquity [a]is accomplished,
O daughter of Zion;
He will no longer send you into captivity.
(D)He will punish your iniquity,
O daughter of Edom;
He will uncover your sins!
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- Lamentations 4:22 has been completed
Lamentations 1:21
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21 “They have heard that I sigh,
But no one comforts me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
They are (A)glad that You have done it.
Bring on (B)the day You have [a]announced,
That they may become like me.
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- Lamentations 1:21 proclaimed
Jeremiah 51:34-37
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34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon
Has (A)devoured me, he has crushed me;
He has made me an (B)empty vessel,
He has swallowed me up like a monster;
He has filled his stomach with my delicacies,
He has spit me out.
35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, (C)I will plead your case and take vengeance for you.
(D)I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.
37 (E)Babylon shall become a heap,
A dwelling place for jackals,
(F)An astonishment and a hissing,
Without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 50:33-40
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33 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The children of Israel were oppressed,
Along with the children of Judah;
All who took them captive have held them fast;
They have refused to let them go.
34 (A)Their Redeemer is strong;
(B)The Lord of hosts is His name.
He will thoroughly plead their (C)case,
That He may give rest to the land,
And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord,
“Against the inhabitants of Babylon,
And (D)against her princes and (E)her wise men.
36 A sword is (F)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
37 A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all (G)the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And (H)they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
38 (I)A [a]drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.
39 “Therefore(J) the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
(K)It shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 (L)As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man (M)dwell in it.
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- Jeremiah 50:38 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; Syr. sword; LXX omits A drought is
Jeremiah 2:3
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3 (A)Israel was holiness to the Lord,
(B)The firstfruits of His increase.
(C)All that devour him will offend;
Disaster will (D)come upon them,” says the Lord.’ ”
Isaiah 54:17
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17 No weapon formed against you shall (A)prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
(B)And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.
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