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Micah 7:4
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Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is (A)like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.
Micah 7:4
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Micah 7:4
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Isaiah 22:5
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Isaiah 22:5
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5 (A)For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
(B)By the Lord God of hosts
In the Valley of Vision—
Breaking down the walls
And of crying to the mountain.
Ezekiel 2:6
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Ezekiel 2:6
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6 “And you, son of man, (A)do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though (B)briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; (C)do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, (D)though they are a rebellious house.
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Ezekiel 2:6
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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
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Isaiah 10:3
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3 (A)What will you do in (B)the day of punishment,
And in the desolation which will come from (C)afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
Isaiah 10:3
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Isaiah 10:3
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2 Samuel 23:6-7
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2 Samuel 23:6-7
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6 But the sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away,
Because they cannot be taken with hands.
7 But the man who touches them
Must be [a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”
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- 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit. filled
2 Samuel 23:6-7
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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
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Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
8 The (D)watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a [a]fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
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- Hosea 9:8 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
Hosea 9:7-8
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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)
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- Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God
Hebrews 6:8
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 (A)but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
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Hebrews 6:8
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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
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Luke 21:25
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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
25 (B)“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
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Luke 21:25
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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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Nahum 1:10
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10 For while tangled (A)like thorns,
(B)And while drunken like drunkards,
(C)They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
Nahum 1:10
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Nahum 1:10
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Amos 8:2
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Amos 8:2
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2 And He said, “Amos, what do you see?”
So I said, “A basket of summer fruit.”
Then the Lord said to me:
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Amos 8:2
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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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Ezekiel 12:23-24
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23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will lay this proverb to rest, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.” ’ But say to them, ‘ (A)“The days are at hand, and the [a]fulfillment of every vision. 24 For (B)no more shall there be any (C)false[b] vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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- Ezekiel 12:23 Lit. word
- Ezekiel 12:24 Lit. vain
Ezekiel 12:23-24
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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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Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 10:15
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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
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Jeremiah 8:12
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12 Were they (A)ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:12
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Jeremiah 8:12
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