Zechariah 13:8
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8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
(A)and one third shall be left alive.
Ezekiel 5:12
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12 (A)A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; (B)a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; (C)and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.
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Malachi 4:1-3
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [a] “For behold, (A)the day is coming, (B)burning like an oven, when (C)all the arrogant and (D)all evildoers (E)will be stubble. The day that is coming (F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you (G)who fear my name, (H)the sun (I)of righteousness shall rise (J)with healing in its wings. You shall go out (K)leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, (L)on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew
Ezekiel 5:2-4
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2 (A)A third part you shall burn in the fire (B)in the midst of the city, (C)when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. (D)And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and (E)I will unsheathe the sword after them. 3 (F)And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe. 4 (G)And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.
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Revelation 8:7-12
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed (A)hail and (B)fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a (C)third of the earth was burned up, and a third of (D)the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like (E)a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea (F)became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of (G)the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and (H)a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on (I)the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters (J)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, (K)because it had been made bitter.
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of (L)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
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- Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (C)oppose all mankind 16 (D)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (E)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (F)wrath has come upon them at last![a]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever
Matthew 24:21-22
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21 For then there will be (A)great tribulation, (B)such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for (C)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
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Isaiah 6:13
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13 (A)And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned[a] again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump (B)remains
when it is felled.”
(C)The holy seed[b] is its stump.
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- Isaiah 6:13 Or purged
- Isaiah 6:13 Or offspring
Luke 23:28-30
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28 But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, (A)the days are coming when they will say, (B)‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 (C)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
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Luke 19:41-44
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 (A)And when he drew near and saw the city, (B)he wept over it, 42 saying, (C)“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now (D)they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For (E)the days will come upon you, when your enemies (F)will set up a barricade around you and (G)surround you and hem you in on every side 44 (H)and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And (I)they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know (J)the time of your (K)visitation.”
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Mark 13:20
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20 And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for (A)the sake of the elect, whom (B)he chose, he shortened the days.
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Matthew 22:7
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7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and (A)destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
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Matthew 21:43-44
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43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God (A)will be taken away from you and given to a people (B)producing its fruits. 44 And (C)the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and (D)when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.”[a]
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- Matthew 21:44 Some manuscripts omit verse 44
Matthew 3:10-12
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10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 (B)“I baptize you with water (C)for repentance, but (D)he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you (E)with the Holy Spirit and (F)fire. 12 His (G)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (H)gather his wheat into the barn, (I)but the chaff he will burn with (J)unquenchable fire.”
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Zechariah 14:1-2
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The Coming Day of the Lord
14 Behold, (A)a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For (B)I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and (C)the city shall be taken (D)and the houses plundered (E)and the women raped. (F)Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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Zechariah 11:6-9
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6 For (A)I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.”
7 (B)So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named (C)Favor, the other I named (D)Union. (E)And I tended the sheep. 8 In one month (F)I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. 9 So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. (G)What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.”
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Amos 9:8-9
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8 Behold, (A)the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
(B)except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.
9 “For behold, I will command,
(C)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
Joel 2:31-32
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31 (A)The sun shall be turned to darkness, (B)and the moon to blood, (C)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 32 And it shall come to pass that (D)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (E)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among (F)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
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Daniel 9:27
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27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week,[a] and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. (A)And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until (B)the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”
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- Daniel 9:27 Or seven; twice in this verse
Jeremiah 30:11
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11 (A)For I am with you to save you,
declares the Lord;
(B)I will make a full end of all the nations
among whom I scattered you,
but of you I will not make a full end.
(C)I will (D)discipline you in just measure,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Romans 11:1-5
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The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask, then, (A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For (B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 (C)God has not rejected his people whom he (D)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 (E)“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God's reply to him? (F)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 So too at the present time there is (G)a remnant, chosen by grace.
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- Romans 11:1 Or one of the offspring of Abraham
Romans 9:27-29
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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: (A)“Though the number of the sons of Israel[a] be as the sand of the sea, (B)only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.” 29 And as Isaiah predicted,
(C)(D)“If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,
(E)we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.”
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- Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel
Luke 21:20-24
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Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem
20 “But (A)when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that (B)its desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22 for these are (C)days of (D)vengeance, to fulfill (E)all that is written. 23 (F)Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and (G)wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and (H)be led captive among all nations, and (I)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, (J)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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