Jeremiah 49:23
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Judgment on Damascus
23 Concerning Damascus.
Hamath and Arpad are confounded,
for they have heard bad news;
they melt in fear; they are troubled like the sea[a]
that cannot be quiet.(A)
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- 49.23 Cn: Heb there is trouble in the sea
Isaiah 10:9
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9 Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?(A)
2 Kings 18:34
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34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?(A)
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Isaiah 57:20
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea
that cannot keep still;
its waters toss up mire and mud.(A)
Genesis 14:15
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15 He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
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Nahum 2:10
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10 Devastation, desolation, and destruction!
Hearts faint and knees tremble;
all loins quake;
all faces grow pale!(A)
2 Kings 19:13
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13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?”(A)
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Numbers 13:21
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21 So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
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Genesis 15:2
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2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”[a](A)
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- 15.2 Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Corinthians 11:32
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32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to[a] seize me,(A)
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- 11.32 Other ancient authorities read and wanted to
Acts 27:20
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20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and no small tempest raged, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.
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Acts 9:2
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2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Luke 21:25-26
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(A) 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Luke 8:23-24
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23 and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. 24 They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.(A)
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Zechariah 9:1-2
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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies
9 An Oracle.
The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and will rest upon Damascus.
For to the Lord belongs the capital[a] of Aram,[b]
as do all the tribes of Israel;
2 Hamath also, which borders on it,
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.(A)
Amos 6:2
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2 Cross over to Calneh and see;
from there go to Hamath the great;
then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better[a] than these kingdoms?
Or is your[b] territory greater than their[c] territory,(A)
Amos 1:3-5
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3 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.(A)
4 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.(B)
5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
says the Lord.(C)
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- 1.3 Heb cause it to return
Isaiah 37:13
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13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of Laar, Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?”
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Isaiah 17:1-3
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An Oracle concerning Damascus
17 An oracle concerning Damascus.
See, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins.(A)
2 Her towns will be deserted forever;[a]
they will be places for flocks,
which will lie down, and no one will make them afraid.(B)
3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim
and the kingdom from Damascus,
and the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory of the people of Israel,
says the Lord of hosts.(C)
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- 17.2 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the cities of Aroer are deserted
Isaiah 13:7
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7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart will melt,(A)
Isaiah 11:11
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11 On that day the Lord will again raise[a] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(A)
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- 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time
Psalm 107:26-27
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26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their calamity;(A)
27 they reeled and staggered like drunkards
and were at their wits’ end.(B)
2 Chronicles 16:2
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2 Then Asa took silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the Lord and the king’s house and sent them to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who resided in Damascus, saying,
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2 Kings 17:24
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Assyria Resettles Samaria
24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and placed them in the cities of Samaria in place of the people of Israel; they took possession of Samaria and settled in its cities.(A)
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1 Kings 11:24
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24 He gathered followers around him and became leader of a marauding band, after the killing by David; they went to Damascus, settled there, and made him king in Damascus.(A)
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