Nahum 3:10
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10 Yet Thebes fell,
and her people were led away as captives.
Her babies were dashed to death
against the stones of the streets.
Soldiers threw dice[a] to get Egyptian officers as servants.
All their leaders were bound in chains.
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- 3:10 Hebrew They cast lots.
Isaiah 20:4
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4 For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians[a] as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.
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- 20:4 Hebrew Cushites.
Obadiah 11
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11 When they were invaded,
you stood aloof, refusing to help them.
Foreign invaders carried off their wealth
and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem,
but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.
Joel 3:3
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3 They threw dice[a] to decide which of my people
would be their slaves.
They traded boys to obtain prostitutes
and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.
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- 3:3 Hebrew They cast lots.
Hosea 13:16
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16 [a]The people of Samaria
must bear the consequences of their guilt
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed by an invading army,
their little ones dashed to death against the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open by swords.”
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- 13:16 Verse 16 is numbered 14:1 in Hebrew text.
Lamentations 2:19
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19 Rise during the night and cry out.
Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him in prayer,
pleading for your children,
for in every street
they are faint with hunger.
Isaiah 13:16
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16 Their little children will be dashed to death before their eyes.
Their homes will be sacked, and their wives will be raped.
Amos 1:13
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13 This is what the Lord says:
“The people of Ammon have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders,
they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.
Lamentations 4:1
New Living Translation
God’s Anger Satisfied
4 How the gold has lost its luster!
Even the finest gold has become dull.
The sacred gemstones
lie scattered in the streets!
Isaiah 13:6
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6 Scream in terror, for the day of the Lord has arrived—
the time for the Almighty to destroy.
Psalm 137:8
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8 O Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.
Psalm 33:16-17
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16 The best-equipped army cannot save a king,
nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
17 Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—
for all its strength, it cannot save you.
2 Kings 8:12
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12 “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him.
Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”
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