Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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Micah 7:4
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Isaiah 22:5
King James Version
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
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Ezekiel 2:6
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6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
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Ezekiel 2:6
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6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid(A) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns(B) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(C)
Isaiah 10:3
King James Version
3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
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Isaiah 10:3
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2 Samuel 23:6-7
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6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
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2 Samuel 23:6-7
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6 But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,(A)
which are not gathered with the hand.
7 Whoever touches thorns
uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
they are burned up where they lie.”
Hosea 9:7-8
King James Version
7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
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Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The days of punishment(A) are coming,
the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
the inspired person a maniac.(E)
8 The prophet, along with my God,
is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(F) await him on all his paths,
and hostility in the house of his God.(G)
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God
Hebrews 6:8
King James Version
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.(A) In the end it will be burned.
Luke 21:25
King James Version
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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Luke 21:25
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25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.(A)
Nahum 1:10
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10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
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Nahum 1:10
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Amos 8:2
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2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
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Amos 8:2
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2 “What do you see,(A) Amos?(B)” he asked.
“A basket(C) of ripe fruit,” I answered.
Then the Lord said to me, “The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.(D)
Ezekiel 12:23-24
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23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 12:23-24
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23 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near(A) when every vision will be fulfilled.(B) 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations(C) among the people of Israel.
Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are worthless,(A) the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
Jeremiah 8:12
King James Version
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
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Jeremiah 8:12
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