Obadiah 15
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15 For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations.
As you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.(A)
Habakkuk 2:8
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8 Because you have plundered many nations,
all who survive of the peoples shall plunder you—
because of human bloodshed and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who live in them.(A)
James 2:13
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13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)
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Matthew 7:2
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2 For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
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Ezekiel 30:3
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3 For a day is near,
the day of the Lord is near;
it will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom[a] for the nations.(A)
Footnotes
- 30.3 Heb lacks of doom
Micah 5:15
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15 And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance
on the nations that did not obey.(A)
Joel 3:11-14
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11 Come quickly,[a]
all you nations all around;
gather yourselves there.
Bring down your warriors, O Lord.(A)
12 Let the nations rouse themselves
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit to judge
all the neighboring nations.(B)
13 Put in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
Go in, tread,
for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their wickedness is great.(C)
14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.(D)
Footnotes
- 3.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 50:29
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29 Summon archers against Babylon, all who bend the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her—for she has arrogantly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.(A)
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Psalm 137:8
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8 O daughter Babylon, you devastator![a]
Happy shall they be who pay you back
what you have done to us!(A)
Footnotes
- 137.8 Or you who are devastated
Joel 3:7-8
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7 But now I will rouse them to leave the places to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads.(A) 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.(B)
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Joel 1:15
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15 Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty[a] it comes.(A)
Footnotes
- 1.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Ezekiel 35:15
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15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir and all Edom, all of it. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 49:12
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12 For thus says the Lord: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup still have to drink it, shall you be the one to go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished; you must drink it.(A)
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