Ezekiel 19:12
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12 But she was (A)plucked up in fury,
She was cast down to the ground,
And the (B)east wind dried her fruit.
Her strong branches were broken and withered;
The fire consumed them.
Hosea 13:15
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15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
(A)An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
Ezekiel 17:10
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10 Behold, it is planted,
Will it thrive?
(A)Will it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it?
It will wither in the garden terrace where it grew.” ’ ”
Isaiah 27:11
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11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (A)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (B)not have mercy on them,
And (C)He who formed them will show them no favor.
Ezekiel 19:11
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11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers.
(A)She towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the [a]dense foliage.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 19:11 Or many branches
Ezekiel 15:4
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4 Instead, (A)it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?
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Jeremiah 31:28
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28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have (A)watched over them (B)to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them (C)to build and to plant, says the Lord.
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John 15:6
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6 If anyone does not abide in Me, (A)he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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Matthew 3:10
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10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Ezekiel 28:17
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17 “Your (A)heart was [a]lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor;
I cast you to the ground,
I laid you before kings,
That they might gaze at you.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 28:17 Proud
Ezekiel 20:47-48
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47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour (B)every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces (C)from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. 48 All flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” ’ ”
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Ezekiel 15:6-8
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6 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 7 and (A)I will set My face against them. (B)They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. (C)Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them. 8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord God.”
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Jeremiah 22:30
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30 Thus says the Lord:
‘Write this man down as (A)childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For (B)none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”
Jeremiah 22:25-27
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25 (A)and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear—the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the [a]Chaldeans. 26 (B)So I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born; and there you shall die. 27 But to the land to which they desire to return, there they shall not return.
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- Jeremiah 22:25 Or Babylonians
Jeremiah 22:18-19
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18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
(A)“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, (B)‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’
19 (C)He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 22:10-11
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10 Weep not for (A)the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him (B)who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.
Message to the Sons of Josiah
11 For thus says the Lord concerning (C)Shallum[a] the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, (D)who went from this place: “He shall not return here anymore,
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- Jeremiah 22:11 Or Jehoahaz
Jeremiah 4:11-12
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11 At that time it will be said
To this people and to Jerusalem,
(A)“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness
Toward the daughter of My people—
Not to fan or to cleanse—
12 A wind too strong for these will come for Me;
Now (B)I will also speak judgment against them.”
Isaiah 5:5-6
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5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(A)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will lay it (B)waste;
It shall not be pruned or [a]dug,
But there shall come up briers and (C)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:6 hoed
Psalm 89:40-45
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40 You have broken down all his hedges;
You have brought his [a]strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way (A)plunder him;
He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
And have not sustained him in the battle.
44 You have made his [b]glory cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth You have shortened;
You have covered him with shame. Selah
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- Psalm 89:40 fortresses
- Psalm 89:44 splendor or brightness
Psalm 80:16
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16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
(A)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Psalm 80:12-13
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12 Why have You (A)broken down her [a]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
13 The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.
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- Psalm 80:12 walls or fences
Psalm 52:5
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5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
2 Kings 25:6-7
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6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon (A)at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him. 7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (B)put[a] out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.
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- 2 Kings 25:7 blinded
2 Kings 24:14-16
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14 Also (A)he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, (B)ten thousand captives, and (C)all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except (D)the poorest people of the land. 15 And (E)he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 (F)All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
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2 Kings 24:6
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6 (A)So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
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