Zechariah 14:2
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2 For (A)I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses [a]rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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- Zechariah 14:2 Or plundered
Romans 9:27-29
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27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel:
(A)“Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea,
(B)The remnant will be saved.
28 For [a]He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
(C)Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
29 And as Isaiah said before:
(D)“Unless the Lord of [b]Sabaoth had left us a seed,
(E)We would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”
Footnotes
- Romans 9:28 NU the Lord will finish the work and cut it short upon the earth
- Romans 9:29 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
Luke 21:20-24
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The Destruction of Jerusalem(A)
20 (B)“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that (C)all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 (D)But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. 24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles (E)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Matthew 24:19-22
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19 But (A)woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For (B)then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; (C)but for the [a]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
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- Matthew 24:22 chosen ones’
Isaiah 13:16
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16 Their children also will be (A)dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives (B)ravished.
Mark 13:14
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The Great Tribulation(A)
14 (B)“So when you see the (C)‘abomination of desolation,’ [a]spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not” (let the reader understand), “then (D)let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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- Mark 13:14 NU omits spoken of by Daniel the prophet
Galatians 4:26-27
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26 but the (A)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
(B)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
Matthew 24:15-16
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The Great Tribulation(A)
15 (B)“Therefore when you see the (C)‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (D)(whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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Isaiah 65:6-9
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6 “Behold, (A)it is written before Me:
(B)I will not keep silence, (C)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
7 Your iniquities and (D)the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says the Lord,
(E)“Who have burned incense on the mountains
(F)And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,
For (G)a blessing is in it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them (H)all.
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My (I)elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
Luke 19:43-44
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43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will (A)build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 (B)and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and (C)they will not leave in you one stone upon another, (D)because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
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Matthew 22:7
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7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out (A)his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
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Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 And it shall come to pass in all the land,”
Says the Lord,
“That (A)two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die,
(B)But one-third shall be left in it:
9 I will bring the one-third (C)through the fire,
Will (D)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(E)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(F)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Joel 3:2
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2 (A)I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I (B)will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
Isaiah 5:26
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26 (A)He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will (B)whistle to them from (C)the end of the earth;
Surely (D)they shall come with speed, swiftly.
Deuteronomy 28:9-14
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9 (A)“The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are (B)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be (C)afraid of you. 11 And (D)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [a]swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good [b]treasure, the heavens, (E)to give the rain to your land in its season, and (F)to bless all the work of your hand. (G)You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make (H)you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you [c]heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 (I)So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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- Deuteronomy 28:11 promised
- Deuteronomy 28:12 storehouse
- Deuteronomy 28:13 listen to
Luke 2:1
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Christ Born of Mary(A)
2 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
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Mark 13:19
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19 (A)For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be.
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Matthew 23:37-38
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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)
37 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (C)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (D)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (E)under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate;
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Amos 7:17
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17 “Therefore(A) thus says the Lord:
(B)‘Your wife shall be a harlot in the city;
Your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
Your land shall be divided by survey line;
You shall die in a (C)defiled land;
And Israel shall surely be led away captive
From his own land.’ ”
Daniel 2:40-43
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40 And (A)the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, (B)so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly [a]fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
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- Daniel 2:42 Or brittle
Lamentations 5:11-12
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11 They (A)ravished the women in Zion,
The maidens in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung up by their hands,
And elders were not respected.
Lamentations 1:10
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10 The adversary has spread his hand
Over all her [a]pleasant things;
For she has seen (A)the nations enter her [b]sanctuary,
Those whom You commanded
(B)Not to enter Your assembly.
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- Lamentations 1:10 desirable
- Lamentations 1:10 holy place, the temple
Jeremiah 34:1
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Zedekiah Warned by God
34 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, (A)when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, (B)all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying,
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Isaiah 65:18
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18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
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