Lamentations 2:16
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16 All your enemies mock you.
They scoff and snarl and say,
“We have destroyed her at last!
We have long waited for this day,
and it is finally here!”
Lamentations 3:46
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46 “All our enemies
have spoken out against us.
Psalm 35:21
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21 They shout, “Aha! Aha!
With our own eyes we saw him do it!”
Psalm 56:2
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2 I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,
and many are boldly attacking me.
Job 16:9-10
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9 God hates me and angrily tears me apart.
He snaps his teeth at me
and pierces me with his eyes.
10 People jeer and laugh at me.
They slap my cheek in contempt.
A mob gathers against me.
Jeremiah 51:34
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34 “King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon has eaten and crushed us
and drained us of strength.
He has swallowed us like a great monster
and filled his belly with our riches.
He has thrown us out of our own country.
Footnotes
- 51:34 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.
Psalm 124:3
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3 They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
Psalm 37:12
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12 The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
Psalm 35:16
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16 They mock me and call me names;
they snarl at me.
Psalm 22:13
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13 Like lions they open their jaws against me,
roaring and tearing into their prey.
Acts 7:54
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54 The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen’s accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage.[a]
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- 7:54 Greek they were grinding their teeth against him.
Zephaniah 2:8-10
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Judgment against Moab and Ammon
8 “I have heard the taunts of the Moabites
and the insults of the Ammonites,
mocking my people
and invading their borders.
9 Now, as surely as I live,”
says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”
10 They will receive the wages of their pride,
for they have scoffed at the people of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Obadiah 12-16
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12 “You should not have gloated
when they exiled your relatives to distant lands.
You should not have rejoiced
when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune.
You should not have spoken arrogantly
in that terrible time of trouble.
13 You should not have plundered the land of Israel
when they were suffering such calamity.
You should not have gloated over their destruction
when they were suffering such calamity.
You should not have seized their wealth
when they were suffering such calamity.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads,
killing those who tried to escape.
You should not have captured the survivors
and handed them over in their terrible time of trouble.
Edom Destroyed, Israel Restored
15 “The day is near when I, the Lord,
will judge all godless nations!
As you have done to Israel,
so it will be done to you.
All your evil deeds
will fall back on your own heads.
16 Just as you swallowed up my people
on my holy mountain,
so you and the surrounding nations
will swallow the punishment I pour out on you.
Yes, all you nations will drink and stagger
and disappear from history.
Hosea 8:8
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8 The people of Israel have been swallowed up;
they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.
Ezekiel 36:3
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3 Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.
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Ezekiel 25:15
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A Message for Philistia
15 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.
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Ezekiel 25:6
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6 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,
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Ezekiel 25:3
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3 Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign Lord: Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,
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Jeremiah 50:17
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Hope for God’s People
17 “The Israelites are like sheep
that have been scattered by lions.
First the king of Assyria ate them up.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon cracked their bones.”
Footnotes
- 50:17 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.
Jeremiah 50:7
New Living Translation
7 All who found them devoured them.
Their enemies said,
‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them,
for they sinned against the Lord,
their true place of rest,
and the hope of their ancestors.’
Isaiah 49:19
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19 “Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land
will soon be crowded with your people.
Your enemies who enslaved you
will be far away.
Psalm 112:10
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10 The wicked will see this and be infuriated.
They will grind their teeth in anger;
they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.
Psalm 109:2
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2 while the wicked slander me
and tell lies about me.
Psalm 57:3
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3 He will send help from heaven to rescue me,
disgracing those who hound me. Interlude
My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.
Psalm 41:8
New Living Translation
8 “He has some fatal disease,” they say.
“He will never get out of that bed!”
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