Jeremiah 25:27
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27 “Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of (B)the sword that I am sending among you.’
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Habakkuk 2:16
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16 You will have your fill (A)of shame instead of glory.
(B)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
(C)The cup in the Lord's right hand
will come around to you,
and (D)utter shame will come upon your glory!
Jeremiah 25:16
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16 They shall drink and stagger and be crazed because of (A)the sword that I am sending among them.”
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Ezekiel 21:4-5
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4 Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. 5 (A)And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn (B)my sword from its sheath; (C)it shall not be sheathed again.
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Lamentations 4:21
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21 (A)Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
you who dwell in (B)the land of Uz;
but to you also (C)the cup shall pass;
you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.
Isaiah 51:21
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21 (A)Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted,
who are drunk, but not with wine:
Ezekiel 24:21-25
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21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (A)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and (B)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 And (C)you shall do as I have done; (D)you shall not cover your lips, (E)nor eat the bread of men. 23 (F)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but (G)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you (H)a sign; (I)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then (J)you will know that I am the Lord God.’
25 “As for you, (K)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them (L)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters,
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Jeremiah 50:35
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35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against (A)her officials and her (B)wise men!
Jeremiah 47:6-7
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6 (A)Ah, sword of the Lord!
How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
rest and be still!
7 How can it[a] be quiet
(B)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against (C)Ashkelon and against the seashore
(D)he has appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you
Jeremiah 46:10
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Jeremiah 12:12
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12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert
destroyers have come,
for the sword of the Lord devours
from one end of the land to the other;
no flesh has peace.
Isaiah 63:6
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6 I trampled down the peoples in my anger;
(A)I made them drunk in my wrath,
and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
Deuteronomy 32:42
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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and (A)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the (B)long-haired heads of the enemy.’
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