Zechariah 11:2
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2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, (A)oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
Luke 23:31
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31 For (A)if they do these things when (B)the wood is green, what will happen (C)when it is dry?”
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Nahum 3:8-19
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8 (A)Are you better than (B)Thebes[a]
that sat (C)by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 (D)Cush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
(E)Put and the (F)Libyans were her[b] helpers.
10 (G)Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
(H)her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men (I)lots were cast,
(J)and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 (K)You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;
(L)you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are (M)like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, your troops
(N)are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.
14 (O)Draw water for the siege;
(P)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will (Q)devour you (R)like the locust.
Multiply yourselves (S)like the locust;
multiply (T)like the grasshopper!
16 You increased (U)your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
(V)The locust spreads its wings and flies away.
17 Your (W)princes are (X)like grasshoppers,
(Y)your scribes[c] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
18 Your shepherds (Z)are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
(AA)your nobles slumber.
Your people (AB)are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
19 There is no easing your hurt;
(AC)your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
(AD)clap their hands over you.
For (AE)upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:8 Hebrew No-amon
- Nahum 3:9 Hebrew your
- Nahum 3:17 Or marshals
Amos 6:1
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Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
6 (A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on (B)the mountain of Samaria,
(C)the notable men of (D)the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
Ezekiel 31:17
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17 They also went down to Sheol with it, (A)to those who are slain by the sword; yes, (B)those who were its arm, (C)who lived under its shadow among the nations.
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Ezekiel 31:2-3
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2 (A)“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to (B)his multitude:
(C)“Whom are you like in your greatness?
3 Behold, (D)Assyria was a (E)cedar in (F)Lebanon,
with beautiful branches and (G)forest shade,
(H)and of towering height,
its top among the clouds.[a]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 31:3 Or its top went through the thick boughs
Ezekiel 20:46
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46 (A)“Son of man, (B)set your face toward the southland;[a] (C)preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
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- Ezekiel 20:46 Or toward Teman
Isaiah 32:15-19
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15 until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
and (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (C)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.
18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation,
in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
19 (D)And it will hail when the forest falls down,
(E)and the city will be utterly laid low.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:17 Or security
Isaiah 10:33-34
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33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
(A)will lop (B)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down (C)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and (D)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
Isaiah 2:12-17
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12 (A)For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
13 against all the (B)cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the (C)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (D)the lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all (E)the ships of Tarshish,
and against all the beautiful craft.
17 (F)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
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