Zechariah 10:11
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11 They[a] shall pass through the sea of distress,
and the waves of the sea shall be struck down,
and all the depths of the Nile dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.(A)
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- 10.11 Gk: Heb He
Ezekiel 30:13
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13 Thus says the Lord God:
I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt,
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.(A)
Isaiah 43:2
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2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.(A)
Revelation 16:12
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12 The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great River Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east.(A)
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Zephaniah 2:13
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13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.(A)
Micah 5:5-6
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5 and he shall be the one of peace.
If the Assyrians come into our land
and tread upon our soil,[a]
we will raise against them seven shepherds
and eight rulers.(A)
6 They shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword
and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword;[b]
they[c] shall rescue us from the Assyrians
if they come into our land
or tread within our border.(B)
Ezekiel 29:14-16
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14 and I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms and never again exalt itself above the nations, and I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 The Egyptians[a] shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel; they will recall their iniquity when they turned to them for aid. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God.(A)
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- 29.16 Heb It
Isaiah 51:10
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10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep;
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to cross over?(A)
Isaiah 42:15-16
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15 I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their herbage;
I will turn the rivers into islands
and dry up the pools.(A)
16 I will lead the blind
by a road they do not know;
by paths they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.(B)
Isaiah 19:5-7
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5 The waters of the Nile will be dried up,
and the river will be parched and dry;(A)
6 its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up.
Reeds and rushes will rot away,(B)
7 the reeds beside the Nile;[a]
all that is sown by the Nile will dry up,
be driven away, and be no more.
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- 19.7 Gk: Heb beside the Nile, beside the mouth of the Nile
Isaiah 14:25
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25 I will break the Assyrian in my land
and on my mountains trample him under foot;
his yoke shall be removed from them
and his burden from their shoulders.(A)
Isaiah 11:15-16
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15 And the Lord will dry up[a]
the tongue of the sea of Egypt
and will wave his hand over the River
with his scorching wind
and will split it into seven channels
and make a way to cross on foot;(A)
16 so there shall be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that is left of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.(B)
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- 11.15 Gk Syr: Heb destroy
Psalm 114:5
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5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
Psalm 114:3
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3 The sea looked and fled;
Jordan turned back.(A)
Psalm 77:16-20
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16 When the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
the very deep trembled.(A)
17 The clouds poured out water;
the skies thundered;
your arrows flashed on every side.(B)
18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
your lightnings lit up the world;
the earth trembled and shook.(C)
19 Your way was through the sea,
your path through the mighty waters,
yet your footprints were unseen.(D)
20 You led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.(E)
Psalm 66:10-12
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10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.(A)
11 You brought us into the net;
you laid burdens on our backs;(B)
12 you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.[a](C)
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- 66.12 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb to a saturation
Ezra 6:22
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22 With joy they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days, for the Lord had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.(A)
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2 Kings 2:14
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14 He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water. He said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? Where is he?” He struck the water again, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha crossed over.(A)
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2 Kings 2:8
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8 Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and the two of them crossed on dry ground.(A)
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Joshua 3:15-17
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15 Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the water,(A) 16 the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing toward the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea,[a] were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho.(B) 17 While all Israel were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire nation finished crossing over the Jordan.(C)
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- 3.16 Heb Salt Sea
Exodus 14:27-28
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27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. As the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea.(A) 28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not one of them remained.(B)
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Exodus 14:21-22
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21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.(A) 22 The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.(B)
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