Revelation 8:7
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.(A)
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Revelation 9:4
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4 They were told not to damage the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(A)
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Ezekiel 38:22
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22 With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will pour down torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur upon him and his troops and the many peoples who are with him.(A)
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Revelation 9:18
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18 By these three plagues a third of humankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of the horses’[a] mouths.
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- 9.18 Gk their
Revelation 9:15
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15 So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind.
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Isaiah 28:2
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2 See, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong,
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters;
with force he will hurl them down to the earth.(A)
Psalm 105:32
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32 He gave them hail for rain
and lightning that flashed through their land.(A)
Exodus 9:23-25
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23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire came down on the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;(A) 24 there was hail with fire flashing continually in the midst of it, such heavy hail as had never fallen in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck down everything that was in the open field throughout all the land of Egypt, both human and animal; the hail also struck down all the plants of the field and shattered every tree in the field.(B)
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Revelation 16:21
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21 and huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,[a] dropped from heaven on people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.(A)
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- 16.21 Gk weighing about a talent
Revelation 8:7-12
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.(A)
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea.(B) 9 A third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.(C) 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water because it was made bitter.(D)
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining and likewise the night.(E)
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Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 In the whole land, says the Lord,
two-thirds shall be cut off and perish,
and one-third shall be left alive.(A)
9 And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(B)
Isaiah 32:19
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- 32.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 30:30
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30 And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.(A)
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Isaiah 29:6
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6 you will be visited by the Lord of hosts
with thunder and earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.(A)
Isaiah 10:17-18
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17 The light of Israel will become a fire
and his Holy One a flame,
and it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers in one day.(A)
18 The glory of his forest and his fruitful land
the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
and it will be as when an invalid wastes away.(B)
Psalm 78:47-48
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47 He destroyed their vines with hail
and their sycamores with frost.(A)
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail
and their flocks to thunderbolts.(B)
Psalm 18:12-13
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12 Out of the brightness before him
there broke through his clouds
hailstones and coals of fire.(A)
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice.[a](B)
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- 18.13 Gk: Heb adds hailstones and coals of fire
Psalm 11:5-6
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5 The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
and his soul hates the lover of violence.(A)
6 On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and sulfur;
a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.(B)
Joshua 10:11
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11 As they fled before Israel, while they were going down the slope of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down huge stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died because of the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.(A)
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Revelation 16:2
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2 So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful sore came on those who had the brand of the beast and who worshiped its image.(A)
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Revelation 12:4
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4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to deliver a child, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.(A)
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Revelation 6:8
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8 I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed with him; they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, famine, and pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.(A)
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1 Peter 1:24
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24 For
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,(A)
James 1:11
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11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.
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Matthew 7:25-27
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25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!”
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