Jeremiah 43:12
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12 “I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive, and he shall pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks his cloak clean of vermin, and he shall depart from there safely.(A)
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Ezekiel 30:13
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13 Thus says the Lord God:
I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt,
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.(A)
Isaiah 49:18
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18 Lift up your eyes all around and see;
they all gather; they come to you.
As I live, says the Lord,
you shall put all of them on like an ornament,
and like a bride you shall bind them on.(A)
Isaiah 19:1
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An Oracle concerning Egypt
19 An oracle concerning Egypt.
See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.(A)
Psalm 109:18-19
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18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.(A)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
like a belt that he wears every day.”
Jeremiah 48:7
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7 Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds[a] and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
Chemosh shall go out into exile,
with his priests and his attendants.(A)
Footnotes
- 48.7 Gk: Heb works
Jeremiah 46:25
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25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: See, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.(A)
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Psalm 104:2
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2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)
Job 40:10
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10 “Deck yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.(A)
Esther 6:9
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9 Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble officials; let him[a] robe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him[b] conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.’ ”(A)
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2 Samuel 5:21
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21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.(A)
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Exodus 12:12
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12 I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human to animal, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.(A)
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Colossians 3:14
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14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
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