Matthew 22:7
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7 “The king was furious, and he sent out his army to destroy the murderers and burn their town.
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Luke 19:27
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27 And as for these enemies of mine who didn’t want me to be their king—bring them in and execute them right here in front of me.’”
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1 Peter 4:17-18
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17 For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News? 18 And also,
“If the righteous are barely saved,
what will happen to godless sinners?”[a]
Footnotes
- 4:18 Prov 11:31 (Greek version).
Luke 21:24
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24 They will be killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end.
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1 Thessalonians 2:16
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16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
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Luke 21:21
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21 Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. Those in Jerusalem must get out, and those out in the country should not return to the city.
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Luke 19:42-44
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42 “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes. 43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.[a]”
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- 19:44 Greek did not recognize the time of your visitation, a reference to the Messiah’s coming.
Matthew 21:40-41
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40 “When the owner of the vineyard returns,” Jesus asked, “what do you think he will do to those farmers?”
41 The religious leaders replied, “He will put the wicked men to a horrible death and lease the vineyard to others who will give him his share of the crop after each harvest.”
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Zechariah 14:1-2
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The Lord Will Rule the Earth
14 Watch, for the day of the Lord is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you! 2 I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city.
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Joel 3:2
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2 I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[a]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.
Footnotes
- 3:2 Jehoshaphat means “the Lord judges.”
Joel 2:25
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25 The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost
to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts,
the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts.[a]
It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.
Footnotes
- 2:25 The precise identification of the four kinds of locusts mentioned here is uncertain.
Joel 2:11
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11 The Lord is at the head of the column.
He leads them with a shout.
This is his mighty army,
and they follow his orders.
The day of the Lord is an awesome, terrible thing.
Who can possibly survive?
Daniel 9:26
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26 “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven,[a] the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.
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- 9:26 Hebrew After sixty-two sevens.
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