Psalm 129:5
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5 May all who hate Zion
be put to shame and turned backward.(A)
Zechariah 12:3
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3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth shall come together against it.(A)
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Micah 4:11
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11 Now many nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be profaned,
and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”(A)
Isaiah 37:35
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35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”(A)
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Isaiah 10:12
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12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he[a] will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.(A)
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- 10.12 Gk: Heb I
Psalm 83:4-11
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4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(A)
5 They conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—(B)
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,(C)
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assyria also has joined them;
they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
9 Do to them as you did to Midian,
as to Sisera and Jabin at the Wadi Kishon,(D)
10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(E)
Psalm 71:13
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13 Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
let those who seek to hurt me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.(A)
1 Corinthians 16:22
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22 Let anyone be accursed who has no love for the Lord. Our Lord, come
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- 16.22 Or Our Lord has come
Zechariah 12:6
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6 On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot on a pile of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves, and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.(A)
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Zechariah 1:14-17
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14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me, “Proclaim this message: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am very zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion,(A) 15 and I am extremely angry with the nations that are at ease, for while I was only a little angry, they made the disaster worse.(B) 16 Therefore, thus says the Lord: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house shall be built in it, says the Lord of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.(C) 17 Proclaim further: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”(D)
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Isaiah 37:28-29
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28 “I know your rising up[a] and your sitting down,
your going out and coming in
and your raging against me.(A)
29 Because you have raged against me
and your arrogance has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth;
I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.(B)
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- 37.28 Q ms Gk: MT lacks your rising up
Isaiah 37:22
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22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
She despises you; she scorns you—
virgin daughter Zion;
she tosses her head—behind your back,
daughter Jerusalem.(A)
Psalm 122:6
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6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.(A)
Esther 9:5
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5 So the Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.
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Esther 6:13
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13 When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.”(A)
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