Jeremiah 50:42
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42 They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!
Isaiah 5:30
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30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, (A)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
Jeremiah 47:3
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3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
(A)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers (B)look not back to their children,
so feeble are their hands,
Isaiah 47:6
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6 (A)I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
(B)you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
Isaiah 13:17-18
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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 (B)Their bows will slaughter[a] the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces
Revelation 19:14-18
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14 And the armies of heaven, (A)arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, (B)were following him on white horses. 15 (C)From his mouth comes a sharp sword (D)with which to strike down the nations, and (E)he will rule[a] them with a rod of iron. (F)He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh (G)he has a name written, (H)King of kings and Lord of lords.
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to (I)all the birds that fly directly overhead, (J)“Come, gather for (K)the great supper of God, 18 (L)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,[b] both small and great.”
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- Revelation 19:15 Greek shepherd
- Revelation 19:18 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Revelation 16:6
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6 For (A)they have shed the blood of (B)saints and prophets,
and (C)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”
James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Habakkuk 1:6-8
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6 For behold, (A)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
(B)who march through the breadth of the earth,
(C)to seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are dreaded and fearsome;
(D)their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
8 (E)Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than (F)the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
(G)they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
Jeremiah 50:14
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14 (A)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
(B)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
(C)for she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 6:22-23
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22 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, a people is coming (B)from the north country,
a great nation is stirring from (C)the farthest parts of the earth.
23 They lay hold on bow and javelin;
they are (D)cruel and have no mercy;
(E)the sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
set in array as a man for battle,
against you, O daughter of Zion!”
Isaiah 14:6
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6 (A)that struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.
Isaiah 5:28
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28 (A)their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels (B)like the whirlwind.
Psalm 137:8-9
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8 O daughter of Babylon, (A)doomed to be destroyed,
blessed shall he be who (B)repays you
with what you have done to us!
9 Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
and (C)dashes them against the rock!
Psalm 74:20
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20 Have regard for (A)the covenant,
for (B)the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
Psalm 46:6
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Psalm 46:2-3
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2 Therefore we will not fear (A)though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into (B)the heart of the sea,
3 though (C)its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
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