Judges 6:5
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5 For they and their livestock would come up, and they would even bring their tents, as thick as locusts; neither they nor their camels could be counted, so they wasted the land as they came in.(A)
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Judges 6:5
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5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(A) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(B) they invaded the land to ravage it.
Judges 7:12
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12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east lay along the valley as thick as locusts, and their camels were without number, countless as the sand on the seashore.(A)
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Judges 7:12
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12 The Midianites, the Amalekites(A) and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.(B) Their camels(C) could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.(D)
Judges 8:10
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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the east, for one hundred twenty thousand men bearing arms had fallen.
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Judges 8:10
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10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.(A)
Jeremiah 49:32
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32 Their camels shall become plunder;
their herds of cattle a spoil.
I will scatter to every wind
those who have shaved temples,
and I will bring calamity
against them from every side,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 49:32
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Jeremiah 49:29
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29 They take their tents and their flocks,
their curtains and all their goods;
they carry off their camels for themselves,
and a cry shall go up: “Terror is all around!”(A)
Jeremiah 49:29
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Jeremiah 46:23
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23 They shall cut down her forest,
says the Lord,
though it is impenetrable,
because they are more numerous
than locusts;
they are without number.(A)
Jeremiah 46:23
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23 They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
“dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,(A)
they cannot be counted.
Isaiah 60:6
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6 A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of Midian and Ephah;
all those from Sheba shall come.
They shall bring gold and frankincense
and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 13:20
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20 It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
Arabs will not pitch their tents there;
shepherds will not make their flocks lie down there.(A)
Isaiah 13:20
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Psalm 83:4-12
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4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(A)
5 They conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—(B)
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,(C)
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,(D)
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(E)
12 who said, “Let us take the pastures of God
for our own possession.”(F)
Psalm 83:4-12
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4 “Come,” they say, “let us destroy(A) them as a nation,(B)
so that Israel’s name is remembered(C) no more.”
5 With one mind they plot together;(D)
they form an alliance against you—
6 the tents of Edom(E) and the Ishmaelites,
of Moab(F) and the Hagrites,(G)
7 Byblos,(H) Ammon(I) and Amalek,(J)
Philistia,(K) with the people of Tyre.(L)
8 Even Assyria(M) has joined them
to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](N)
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,(O)
as you did to Sisera(P) and Jabin(Q) at the river Kishon,(R)
10 who perished at Endor(S)
and became like dung(T) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(U)
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(V)
12 who said, “Let us take possession(W)
of the pasturelands of God.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
1 Samuel 30:17
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17 David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.(A)
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1 Samuel 30:17
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17 David fought(A) them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.(B)
Judges 8:21
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21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “You come and kill us, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon went and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.(A)
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Judges 8:21
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21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, do it yourself. ‘As is the man, so is his strength.’” So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments(A) off their camels’ necks.
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