Jeremiah 46:14
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14 “Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in (A)Migdol;
Proclaim in [a]Noph and in (B)Tahpanhes;
Say, ‘Stand fast and prepare yourselves,
For the sword devours all around you.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:14 Ancient Memphis
Jeremiah 46:10
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10 For this is (A)the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
(B)The sword shall devour;
It shall be [a]satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts (C)has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:10 Filled to the full
Jeremiah 44:1
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Israelites Will Be Punished in Egypt
44 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at (A)Migdol, at (B)Tahpanhes, at (C)Noph,[a] and in the country of (D)Pathros, saying,
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- Jeremiah 44:1 Ancient Memphis
Nahum 2:13
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13 “Behold, (A)I am against you,” says the Lord of hosts, “I will burn [a]your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your (B)messengers shall be heard no more.”
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- Nahum 2:13 Lit. her
Jeremiah 46:3-4
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3 “Order[a] the [b]buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
4 Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
(A)Put on the armor!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:3 Set in order
- Jeremiah 46:3 A small shield
Jeremiah 43:8-9
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8 Then the (A)word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 9 “Take large stones in your hand, and hide them in the sight of the men of Judah, in the [a]clay in the brick courtyard which is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes;
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- Jeremiah 43:9 Or mortar
Jeremiah 2:30
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30 “In vain I have (A)chastened your children;
They (B)received no correction.
Your sword has (C)devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
Isaiah 1:20
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20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword”;
(A)For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Joel 3:9-12
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9 (A)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your [a]pruning hooks into spears;
(C)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (D)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (E)judge all the surrounding nations.
Footnotes
- Joel 3:10 pruning knives
Ezekiel 30:16-18
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16 And (A)set a fire in Egypt;
Sin shall have great pain,
No shall be split open,
And Noph shall be in distress daily.
17 The young men of [a]Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword,
And these cities shall go into captivity.
18 (B)At [b]Tehaphnehes the day shall also be [c]darkened,
When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
And her arrogant strength shall cease in her;
As for her, a cloud shall cover her,
And her daughters shall go into captivity.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:17 Ancient On, Heliopolis
- Ezekiel 30:18 Tahpanhes, Jer. 43:7
- Ezekiel 30:18 So with many Heb. mss., Bg., LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT refrained
Jeremiah 12:12
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12 The plunderers have come
On all the desolate heights in the wilderness,
For the sword of the Lord shall devour
From one end of the land to the other end of the land;
No flesh shall have peace.
Jeremiah 6:1-5
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Impending Destruction from the North
6 “O you children of Benjamin,
Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
And set up a signal-fire in (A)Beth Haccerem;
(B)For disaster appears out of the north,
And great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion
To a lovely and delicate woman.
3 The (C)shepherds with their flocks shall come to her.
They shall pitch their tents against her all around.
Each one shall pasture in his own place.”
4 “Prepare(D) war against her;
Arise, and let us go up (E)at noon.
Woe to us, for the day goes away,
For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.
5 Arise, and let us go by night,
And let us destroy her palaces.”
Isaiah 34:6
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6 The (A)sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is made [a]overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For (B)the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:6 Lit. fat
Isaiah 31:8
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8 “Then Assyria shall (A)fall by a sword not of man,
And a sword not of mankind shall (B)devour him.
But he shall flee from the sword,
And his young men shall become forced labor.
2 Samuel 2:26
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26 Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?”
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Exodus 14:2
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2 “Speak to the children of Israel, (A)that they turn and camp before (B)Pi Hahiroth, between (C)Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.
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