Micah 5:1
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5 [a]Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
They will strike Israel’s leader
in the face with a rod.
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- 5:1 Verse 5:1 is numbered 4:14 in Hebrew text.
Lamentations 3:30
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30 Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.
Isaiah 33:22
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22 For the Lord is our judge,
our lawgiver, and our king.
He will care for us and save us.
Job 16:10
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10 People jeer and laugh at me.
They slap my cheek in contempt.
A mob gathers against me.
Acts 23:2
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2 Instantly Ananias the high priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth.
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John 19:3
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3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.
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John 18:22
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22 Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded.
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Luke 19:43-44
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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 27:30
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30 And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.
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Matthew 26:67
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67 Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,
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Matthew 5:39
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39 But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.
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Habakkuk 3:16
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16 I trembled inside when I heard this;
my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,[a]
and I shook in terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
when disaster will strike the people who invade us.
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- 3:16 Hebrew Decay entered my bones.
Habakkuk 1:6
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6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]
a cruel and violent people.
They will march across the world
and conquer other lands.
Footnotes
- 1:6 Or Chaldeans.
Amos 2:3
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3 And I will destroy their king
and slaughter all their princes,”
says the Lord.
Joel 3:9
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9 Say to the nations far and wide:
“Get ready for war!
Call out your best warriors.
Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
Ezekiel 24:2
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2 “Son of man, write down today’s date, because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 21:21-22
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21 The king of Babylon now stands at the fork, uncertain whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah. He calls his magicians to look for omens. They cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver. They inspect the livers of animal sacrifices. 22 The omen in his right hand says, ‘Jerusalem!’ With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls.
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a] you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.
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- 25:9 The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Jeremiah 4:7
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7 A lion stalks from its den,
a destroyer of nations.
It has left its lair and is headed your way.
It’s going to devastate your land!
Your towns will lie in ruins,
with no one living in them anymore.
Isaiah 10:6
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6 I am sending Assyria against a godless nation,
against a people with whom I am angry.
Assyria will plunder them,
trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.
Isaiah 8:9
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9 “Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.
Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
2 Kings 25:1-3
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25 So on January 15,[a] during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls. 2 Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah’s reign.
3 By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign,[b] the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.
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- 25:1 Hebrew on the tenth day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in 2 Kings can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This day was January 15, 588 B.c.
- 25:3 Hebrew By the ninth day of the [fourth] month [in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign] (compare Jer 39:2; 52:6 and the notes there). This day was July 18, 586 B.c.; also see note on 25:1.
2 Kings 24:2
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2 Then the Lord sent bands of Babylonian,[a] Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the Lord had promised through his prophets.
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- 24:2 Or Chaldean.
1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.
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1 Samuel 8:5-6
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5 “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
6 Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the Lord for guidance.
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