Jeremiah 36:26
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26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.(A)
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Psalm 91:1
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Psalm 91
Assurance of God’s Protection
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- 91.1 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
1 Kings 19:14
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14 He answered, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”(A)
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1 Kings 19:10
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10 He answered, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”(A)
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1 Kings 19:1-3
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Elijah Flees from Jezebel
19 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.(A) 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”(B) 3 Then he was afraid;[a] he got up and fled for his life and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.
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- 19.3 Gk: Heb he saw
1 Kings 17:3
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3 “Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
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Acts 12:11
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11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hands of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”(A)
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Isaiah 26:20
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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the wrath is past.(A)
Psalm 64:2
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2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,(A)
Psalm 27:5
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5 For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will set me high on a rock.(A)
John 8:20
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20 He spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.(A)
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Jeremiah 36:19
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19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”(A)
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Jeremiah 36:5
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5 And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am prevented from entering the house of the Lord,(A)
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Jeremiah 15:20-21
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20 And I will make you to this people
a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
but they shall not prevail over you,
for I am with you
to save you and deliver you,
says the Lord.(A)
21 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked
and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.(B)
Psalm 57:1
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Psalm 57
Praise and Assurance under Persecution
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
1 Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
until the destroying storms pass by.(A)
Psalm 32:7
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7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah(A)
1 Kings 18:4
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4 when Jezebel was killing off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them fifty to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)(A)
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John 11:57
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57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus[a] was should let them know, so that they might arrest him.
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- 11.57 Gk he
John 8:59
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59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.(A)
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John 7:32
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Officers Are Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering such things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent temple police to arrest him.
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Matthew 26:47-50
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The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. 48 Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him.” 49 At once he came up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.(A) 50 Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you are here to do.”[a] Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.(B)
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- 26.50 Or Why are you here?
Matthew 23:34-37
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34 For this reason I send you prophets, sages, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation.
The Lament over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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Jeremiah 26:21-23
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21 And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death, but when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.(A) 22 Then King Jehoiakim sent[a] Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt,(B) 23 and they took Uriah from Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, who struck him down with the sword and threw his dead body into the burial place of the common people.
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- 26.22 Heb adds men to Egypt
Jeremiah 2:30
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30 In vain I have struck down your children;
they accepted no correction.
Your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.(A)
Jeremiah 1:19
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19 They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.”(A)
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