Jeremiah 46:22
New King James Version
22 (A)Her noise shall go like a serpent,
For they shall march with an army
And come against her with axes,
Like those who chop wood.
Isaiah 29:4
New King James Version
4 You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, (A)out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 14:8
New King James Version
8 (A)Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you [a]were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:8 have lain down
Zechariah 11:2
New King James Version
2 Wail, O cypress, for the (A)cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
(B)For the thick forest has come down.
Micah 7:16
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16 The nations (A)shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(B)They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
Micah 1:8
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Mourning for Israel and Judah
8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
(A)I will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches,
Jeremiah 51:20-23
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20 “You(A) are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces (B)old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
Isaiah 37:24
New King James Version
24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter its farthest height,
To its fruitful forest.
Isaiah 10:33-34
New King James Version
33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
(A)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Isaiah 10:15
New King James Version
15 Shall (A)the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
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