Psalm 55:9-11
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9 Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city.(A)
10 Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.(B)
Isaiah 57:20
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea
that cannot keep still;
its waters toss up mire and mud.(A)
Jeremiah 20:8
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8 For whenever I speak, I must cry out;
I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.(A)
Ezekiel 7:11
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11 Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness.
None of them shall remain,
not their abundance, not their wealth;
no preeminence among them.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 7.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 7:23
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Footnotes
- 7.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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