Psalm 9:6
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6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever!
And you have destroyed cities;
Even their memory has (A)perished.
Isaiah 14:22-23
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Babylon Destroyed
22 “For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts,
“And cut off from Babylon (A)the name and (B)remnant,
(C)And offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.
23 “I will also make it a possession for the (D)porcupine,
And marshes of muddy water;
I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.
Revelation 20:2
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2 He laid hold of (A)the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
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1 Corinthians 15:54-57
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54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: (A)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (C)the strength of sin is the law. 57 (D)But thanks be to God, who gives us (E)the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:55 NU O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?
1 Corinthians 15:26
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26 (A)The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
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Nahum 1:9-13
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9 (A)What do you [a]conspire against the Lord?
(B)He will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time.
10 For while tangled (C)like thorns,
(D)And while drunken like drunkards,
(E)They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
11 From you comes forth one
Who plots evil against the Lord,
A [b]wicked counselor.
12 Thus says the Lord:
“Though they are [c]safe, and likewise many,
Yet in this manner they will be (F)cut down
When he passes through.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more;
13 For now I will break off his yoke from you,
And burst your bonds apart.”
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:9 Or devise
- Nahum 1:11 Lit. counselor of Belial
- Nahum 1:12 Or at peace or complete
Micah 7:10
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10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
And (A)shame will cover her who said to me,
(B)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
Micah 7:8
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Israel’s Confession and Comfort
8 (A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
Jeremiah 51:62-64
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62 then you shall say, ‘O Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that (A)none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.’ 63 Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, (B)that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates. 64 Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 51:25
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25 “Behold, I am against you, (A)O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
(B)And make you a burnt mountain.
Isaiah 37:26
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26 “Did you not hear (A)long ago
How I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
Isaiah 14:17
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17 Who made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who [a]did not open the house of his prisoners?’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:17 Would not release
Isaiah 14:6-8
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6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.
7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
They break forth into singing.
8 (A)Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you [a]were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’
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- Isaiah 14:8 have lain down
Isaiah 10:24-25
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24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, (A)do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of (B)Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while (C)and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.”
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Isaiah 10:13-14
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13 (A)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a [a]valiant man.
14 (B)My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:13 mighty
Isaiah 10:6-7
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6 I will send him against (A)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (B)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 (C)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
Psalm 46:9
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9 (A)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
(B)He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
(C)He burns the chariot in the fire.
Psalm 34:16
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16 (A)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
(B)To [a]cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 34:16 destroy
Psalm 8:2
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2 (A)Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have [a]ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence (B)the enemy and the avenger.
Footnotes
- Psalm 8:2 established
Psalm 7:5
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5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah
2 Kings 19:25
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25 ‘Did you not hear long ago
How (A)I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That (B)you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
1 Samuel 31:7
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7 And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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1 Samuel 30:1
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David’s Conflict with the Amalekites
30 Now it happened, when David and his men came to (A)Ziklag, on the third day, that the (B)Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire,
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Exodus 15:16
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16 (A)Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be (B)as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
(C)Whom You have purchased.
Exodus 14:13
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13 And Moses said to the people, (A)“Do not be afraid. (B)Stand still, and see the (C)salvation[a] of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall (D)see again no more forever.
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- Exodus 14:13 deliverance
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