Judges 5:6
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6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, caravans ceased,
and travelers kept to the byways.(A)
Isaiah 33:8
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8 The highways are deserted;
travelers have quit the road.
The treaty is broken;
its oaths[a] are despised,
the people are disregarded.
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- 33.8 Q ms: MT cities
Judges 3:31
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Shamgar
31 After him came Shamgar son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an oxgoad. He, too, delivered Israel.(A)
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Lamentations 1:4
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4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for no one comes to the festivals;
all her gates are desolate;
her priests groan;
her young girls grieve,[a]
and her lot is bitter.(A)
Footnotes
- 1.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Leviticus 26:22
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22 I will let loose wild animals against you, and they shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock; they shall make you few in number, and your roads shall be deserted.(A)
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Micah 3:12
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12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple a wooded height.(A)
Lamentations 4:18
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18 They dogged our steps
so that we could not walk in our streets;
our end drew near; our days were numbered,
for our end had come.(A)
Psalm 125:5
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5 But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways,
the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel!(A)
2 Chronicles 15:5
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5 In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.(A)
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Judges 4:17-18
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17 Now Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between King Jabin of Hazor and the clan of Heber the Kenite. 18 Jael came out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
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