Lamentations 2:9
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9 Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground.
He has smashed their locks and bars.
Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands;
her law has ceased to exist.
Her prophets receive
no more visions from the Lord.
Ezekiel 7:26
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26 Calamity will follow calamity;
rumor will follow rumor.
They will look in vain
for a vision from the prophets.
They will receive no teaching from the priests
and no counsel from the leaders.
Ezekiel 7:26
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Hosea 3:4
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4 This shows that Israel will go a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, sacred pillars, priests,[a] or even idols!
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- 3:4 Hebrew ephod, the vest worn by the priest.
Micah 3:6-7
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6 Now the night will close around you,
cutting off all your visions.
Darkness will cover you,
putting an end to your predictions.
The sun will set for you prophets,
and your day will come to an end.
7 Then you seers will be put to shame,
and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced.
And you will cover your faces
because there is no answer from God.”
Micah 3:6-7
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6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
and darkness, without divination.(A)
The sun will set for the prophets,(B)
and the day will go dark for them.(C)
7 The seers will be ashamed(D)
and the diviners disgraced.(E)
They will all cover(F) their faces(G)
because there is no answer from God.(H)”
Nehemiah 1:3
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3 They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”
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Nehemiah 1:3
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3 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(A)”
2 Chronicles 15:3
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3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them.
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2 Chronicles 15:3
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3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach(A) and without the law.(B)
Amos 8:11-12
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11 “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from border to border[a]
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.
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- 8:12 Hebrew from north to east.
Amos 8:11-12
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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.(D)
Jeremiah 51:30
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30 Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.
They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.
They have become like women.
The invaders have burned the houses
and broken down the city gates.
Jeremiah 51:30
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Psalm 74:9
New Living Translation
9 We no longer see your miraculous signs.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
Psalm 74:9
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Deuteronomy 28:36
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36 “The Lord will exile you and your king to a nation unknown to you and your ancestors. There in exile you will worship gods of wood and stone!
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Deuteronomy 28:36
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36 The Lord will drive you and the king(A) you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors.(B) There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.(C)
Ezekiel 17:20
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20 I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and put him on trial for this treason against me.
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Ezekiel 17:20
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20 I will spread my net(A) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(B) on him there because he was unfaithful(C) to me.
Ezekiel 12:13
New Living Translation
13 Then I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians,[a] though he will never see it, and he will die there.
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- 12:13 Or Chaldeans.
Lamentations 4:20
New Living Translation
20 Our king—the Lord’s anointed, the very life of our nation—
was caught in their snares.
We had thought that his shadow
would protect us against any nation on earth!
Lamentations 4:20
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