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Nahum 2:1
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Nahum 2:1
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The Destruction of the Wicked City
2 A scatterer has come up against you.
Guard the ramparts;
watch the road;
gird your loins;
collect all your strength.(A)
Nahum 2:1
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Nahum 2:1
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Joel 3:9-11
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Joel 3:9-11
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Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Consecrate yourselves for war;
stir up the warriors.
Let all the soldiers draw near;
let them come up.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”(A)
11 Come quickly,[a]
all you nations all around;
gather yourselves there.
Bring down your warriors, O Lord.(B)
Footnotes
- 3.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Joel 3:9-11
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Joel 3:9-11
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9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!(A)
Rouse the warriors!(B)
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks(C) into spears.(D)
Let the weakling(E) say,
“I am strong!”(F)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble(G) there.
Bring down your warriors,(H) Lord!
Jeremiah 51:20-23
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Jeremiah 51:20-23
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Israel the Creator’s Instrument
20 You are my war club, my weapon of battle:
with you I smash nations;
with you I destroy kingdoms;(A)
21 with you I smash the horse and its rider;
with you I smash the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I smash man and woman;
with you I smash the old man and the boy;
with you I smash the young man and the girl;(B)
23 with you I smash shepherds and their flocks;
with you I smash farmers and their teams;
with you I smash governors and deputies.
Jeremiah 51:20-23
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Jeremiah 51:20-23
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20 “You are my war club,(A)
my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.(G)
2 Chronicles 25:8
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2 Chronicles 25:8
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8 Rather, go by yourself and act; be strong in battle, or God will fling you down before the enemy, for God has power to help or to overthrow.”(A)
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2 Chronicles 25:8
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2 Chronicles 25:8
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8 Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”(A)
Jeremiah 51:11-12
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Jeremiah 51:11-12
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11 Sharpen the arrows!
Fill the quivers!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for his temple.(A)
12 Raise a standard against the walls of Babylon;
make the watch strong;
post sentinels;
prepare the ambushes,
for the Lord has both planned and done
what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.(B)
Jeremiah 51:11-12
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Jeremiah 51:11-12
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11 “Sharpen the arrows,(A)
take up the shields!(B)
The Lord has stirred up the kings(C) of the Medes,(D)
because his purpose(E) is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord will take vengeance,(F)
vengeance for his temple.(G)
12 Lift up a banner(H) against the walls of Babylon!
Reinforce the guard,
station the watchmen,(I)
prepare an ambush!(J)
The Lord will carry out his purpose,(K)
his decree against the people of Babylon.
Jeremiah 50:23
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Jeremiah 50:23
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23 How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and broken!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!(A)
Jeremiah 50:23
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Jeremiah 50:23
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Jeremiah 46:3-10
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Jeremiah 46:3-10
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3 Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!(A)
4 Harness the horses;
mount the steeds!
Take your stations with helmets on,
whet the lances,
put on coats of mail!
5 Why do I see them terrified?
They have fallen back;
their warriors are beaten down
and have fled in haste.
They do not look back—
terror is all around!
says the Lord.(B)
6 The swift cannot flee away,
nor can the warrior escape;
in the north by the River Euphrates
they have stumbled and fallen.(C)
7 Who is this, rising like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge?(D)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge.
It said, “Let me rise; let me cover the earth;
let me destroy cities and their inhabitants.”(E)
9 Advance, O horses,
and dash madly, O chariots!
Let the warriors go forth:
Cush and Put, who carry the shield,
the Ludim, who draw[a] the bow.(F)
10 That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
a day of retribution,
to gain vindication from his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(G)
Footnotes
- 46.9 Cn: Heb who grasp, who draw
Jeremiah 46:3-10
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Jeremiah 46:3-10
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3 “Prepare your shields,(A) both large and small,
and march out for battle!
4 Harness the horses,
mount the steeds!
Take your positions
with helmets on!
Polish(B) your spears,
put on your armor!(C)
5 What do I see?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are defeated.
They flee(D) in haste
without looking back,
and there is terror(E) on every side,”
declares the Lord.
6 “The swift cannot flee(F)
nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(G)
they stumble and fall.(H)
7 “Who is this that rises like the Nile,
like rivers of surging waters?(I)
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,(J)
like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
I will destroy cities and their people.’(K)
9 Charge, you horses!
Drive furiously, you charioteers!(L)
March on, you warriors—men of Cush[a](M) and Put who carry shields,
men of Lydia(N) who draw the bow.
10 But that day(O) belongs to the Lord, the Lord Almighty—
a day of vengeance(P), for vengeance on his foes.
The sword will devour(Q) till it is satisfied,
till it has quenched its thirst with blood.(R)
For the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will offer sacrifice(S)
in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(T)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:9 That is, the upper Nile region
Isaiah 14:6
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Isaiah 14:6
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6 that struck down the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.(A)
Isaiah 14:6
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Isaiah 14:6
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Nahum 3:14-15
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Nahum 3:14-15
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14 Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your forts;
trample the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There the fire will devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will devour you like the locust.
Multiply yourselves like the locust;
multiply like the grasshopper!(A)
Nahum 3:14-15
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Nahum 3:14-15
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Jeremiah 25:9
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations around; I will utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting disgrace.[a](A)
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- 25.9 Gk Compare Syr: Heb and everlasting desolations
Jeremiah 25:9
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Jeremiah 25:9
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9 I will summon(A) all the peoples of the north(B) and my servant(C) Nebuchadnezzar(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,(F) and an everlasting ruin.(G)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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