Nahum 2:3
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3 The shields of his warriors are red;
his soldiers are clothed in crimson.
The metal on the chariots flashes
on the day when he musters them;
the chargers[a] prance.(A)
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- 2.3 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb cypresses
Ezekiel 23:14-15
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14 But she carried her prostitutions further; she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,(A) 15 with belts around their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers—a picture of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea.
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Isaiah 63:1-3
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Vengeance on Edom
63 “Who is this coming from Edom,
from Bozrah in garments stained crimson?
Who is this so splendidly robed,
marching in his great might?”
“It is I, announcing vindication,
mighty to save.”(A)
2 “Why are your robes red
and your garments like theirs who tread the winepress?”(B)
3 “I have trodden the winepress alone,
and from the peoples no one was with me;
I trod them in my anger
and trampled them in my wrath;
their juice spattered on my garments,
and I stained all my robes.(C)
Revelation 12:3
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3 Then another portent appeared in heaven: a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems on his heads.(A)
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Revelation 6:4
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4 And out came[a] another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.(A)
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- 6.4 Or went
Zechariah 11:2
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2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!(A)
Zechariah 6:2
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2 The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,(A)
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Zechariah 1:8
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8 In the night I saw a man mounted on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the shadows,[a] and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.(A)
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- 1.8 Gk Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 14:8
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8 The cypresses exult over you,
the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
“Since you were laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”(A)
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