Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of their[a] sentinels, of their[b] punishment, has come;
now their confusion is at hand.(A)
Isaiah 22:5
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5 For the Lord God of hosts has a day
of tumult and trampling and confusion
in the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
and a cry for help to the mountains.(A)
Ezekiel 2:6
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6 And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.(A)
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Isaiah 10:3
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3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,(A)
2 Samuel 23:6-7
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Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come.
Israel will cry out,[a]
“The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad!”
Because of your great iniquity,
your hostility is great.(A)
8 The prophet is a sentinel for my God over Ephraim,
yet a hunter’s snare is on all his ways
and hostility in the house of his God.(B)
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- 9.7 Or will know
Hebrews 6:8
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8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.(A)
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Luke 21:25
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(A)
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Nahum 1:10
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10 Like thorns they are entangled;
like drunkards they are drunk;
they are consumed like dry straw.(A)
Amos 8:2
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2 He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
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- 8.2 In Heb the word for end is related to the word for summer fruit
Ezekiel 12:23-24
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23 Tell them therefore, “Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall use it no more as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them: “The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision.(A) 24 For there shall no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.(B)
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Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 8:12
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12 They acted shamefully; they committed abomination,
yet they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
at the time when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 55:13
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13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle,
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.(A)
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