Jeremiah 50:42
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42 They wield bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring sea;
they ride upon horses,
set in array as a warrior for battle,
against you, O daughter Babylon!(A)
Isaiah 5:30
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30 They will roar over it on that day,
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one look to the land—
only darkness and distress;
and the light grows dark with its clouds.(A)
Jeremiah 47:3
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3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
at the clatter of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
parents do not turn back for children,
so feeble are their hands,(A)
Jeremiah 8:16
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16 The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan;
at the sound of the neighing of their stallions
the whole land quakes.
They come and devour the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who live in it.(A)
Isaiah 47:6
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6 I was angry with my people;
I profaned my heritage;
I gave them into your hand;
you showed them no mercy;
on the aged you made your yoke
exceedingly heavy.(A)
Isaiah 13:17-18
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17 See, I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.(A)
18 Their bows will slaughter the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.(B)
Revelation 19:14-18
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14 And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule[a] them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.(A) 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”(B)
The Beast and Its Armies Defeated
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,(C) 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and their riders—flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.”(D)
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- 19.15 Or will shepherd
Revelation 16:6
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6 because they shed the blood of saints and prophets,
you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”
James 2:13
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13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)
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Habakkuk 1:6-8
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6 For I am rousing the Chaldeans,
that fierce and impetuous nation,
who march through the breadth of the earth
to seize dwellings not their own.(A)
7 Dread and fearsome are they;
their justice and dignity proceed from themselves.(B)
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more menacing than wolves at dusk;
their horses charge.
Their horsemen come from far away;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.(C)
Jeremiah 50:14
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14 Take up your positions around Babylon,
all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her; spare no arrows,
for she has sinned against the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 6:22-23
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22 Thus says the Lord:
See, a people is coming from the land of the north;
a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.(A)
23 They grasp the bow and the javelin;
they are cruel and have no mercy;
their sound is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
equipped like a warrior for battle,
against you, O daughter Zion!(B)
Isaiah 14:6
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6 that struck down the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.(A)
Isaiah 5:28
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28 their arrows are sharp;
all their bows strung;
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels like the whirlwind.(A)
Psalm 137:8-9
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8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator![a]
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!(A)
9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones
and dash them against the rock!(B)
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Psalm 74:20
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20 Have regard for your[a] covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.(A)
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Psalm 46:6
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6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice; the earth melts.(A)
Psalm 46:2-3
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2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,(A)
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah(B)
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