Zephaniah 1:11
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11 (A)Wail, you inhabitants of [a]Maktesh!
For all the merchant people are cut down;
All those who handle money are cut off.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:11 A market district of Jerusalem, lit. Mortar
James 5:1
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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
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Hosea 12:7-8
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7 “A cunning [a]Canaanite!
(A)Deceitful scales are in his hand;
He loves to oppress.
8 And Ephraim said,
(B)‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:7 Or merchant
Ezekiel 21:12
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12 “Cry and wail, son of man;
For it will be against My people,
Against all the princes of Israel.
Terrors including the sword will be against My people;
Therefore (A)strike your thigh.
Jeremiah 25:34
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34 “Wail,(A) shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.
Revelation 18:11-18
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11 “And (A)the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 (B)merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and (C)souls of men. 14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have [a]gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, (D)that great city (E)that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 (F)For in one hour such great riches [b]came to nothing.’ (G)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 (H)and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, (I)‘What is like this great city?’
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- Revelation 18:14 NU, M been lost to you
- Revelation 18:17 have been laid waste
John 2:16
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16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make (A)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”
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Zechariah 11:2-3
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2 Wail, O cypress, for the (A)cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
(B)For the thick forest has come down.
3 There is the sound of wailing (C)shepherds!
For their glory is in ruins.
There is the sound of roaring lions!
For the [a]pride of the Jordan is in ruins.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 11:3 Or floodplain, thicket
Joel 1:13
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Mourning for the Land
13 (A)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 1:5
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5 Awake, you (A)drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
(B)For it has been cut off from your mouth.
Hosea 9:6
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6 For indeed they are gone because of destruction.
Egypt shall gather them up;
Memphis shall bury them.
(A)Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver;
Thorns shall be in their tents.
Jeremiah 4:8
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8 For this, (A)clothe yourself with sackcloth,
Lament and wail.
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.
Nehemiah 3:31-32
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31 After him Malchijah, [a]one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the merchants, in front of the [b]Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner. 32 And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the (A)Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
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- Nehemiah 3:31 Lit. a son of the goldsmiths
- Nehemiah 3:31 Lit. Inspection or Recruiting
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