Jeremiah 50:33
New King James Version
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.
Isaiah 14:17
New King James Version
17 Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who [a]did not open the house of his prisoners?’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:17 Would not release
Isaiah 58:6
New King James Version
6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To (A)loose the bonds of wickedness,
(B)To undo the [a]heavy burdens,
(C)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:6 Lit. bonds of the yoke
Zechariah 1:15-16
New King James Version
15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;
For (A)I was a little angry,
And they helped—but with evil intent.”
16 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord:
(B)“I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy;
My (C)house (D)shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts,
“And (E)a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’
Jeremiah 51:34-36
New King James Version
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.
Jeremiah 50:17-18
New King James Version
17 “Israel is like (A)scattered sheep;
(B)The lions have driven him away.
First (C)the king of Assyria devoured him;
Now at last this (D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
18 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land,
As I have punished the king of (E)Assyria.
Jeremiah 34:15-18
New King James Version
15 Then you [a]recently turned and did what was right in My sight—every man proclaiming liberty to his neighbor; and you (A)made a covenant before Me (B)in the house which is called by My name. 16 Then you turned around and (C)profaned My name, and every one of you brought back his male and female slaves, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and brought them back into subjection, to be your male and female slaves.’
17 “Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. (D)Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the Lord—(E)‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to (F)trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when (G)they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it—
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 34:15 Lit. today
Isaiah 52:4-6
New King James Version
4 For thus says the Lord God:
“My people went down at first
Into (A)Egypt to [a]dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
[b]Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is (B)blasphemed continually every day.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name;
Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks:
‘Behold, it is I.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:4 As resident aliens
- Isaiah 52:5 DSS Mock; LXX Marvel and wail; Tg. Boast themselves; Vg. Treat them unjustly
Isaiah 51:23
New King James Version
23 (A)But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,
Who have said to [a]you,
‘Lie down, that we may walk over you.’
And you have laid your body like the ground,
And as the street, for those who walk over.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:23 Lit. your soul
Isaiah 49:24-26
New King James Version
25 But thus says the Lord:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
And the prey of the terrible be delivered;
For I will contend with him who contends with you,
And I will save your children.
26 I will (B)feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own (C)blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh (D)shall know
That I, the Lord, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:24 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, Syr., Vg. of the mighty; LXX unjustly
Isaiah 47:6
New King James Version
6 (A)I was angry with My people;
(B)I have profaned My inheritance,
And given them into your hand.
You showed them no mercy;
(C)On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
Exodus 9:17-18
New King James Version
17 As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go. 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now.
Read full chapter
Exodus 9:2-3
New King James Version
2 For if you (A)refuse to let them go, and still hold them, 3 behold, the (B)hand of the Lord will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence.
Read full chapter
Exodus 8:2
New King James Version
2 But if you (A)refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with (B)frogs.
Read full chapter
Exodus 5:2
New King James Version
2 And Pharaoh said, (A)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, (B)nor will I let Israel go.”
Read full chapterScripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
