Ezekiel 6:11
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11 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Pound[a] your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! (B)For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
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- Ezekiel 6:11 Lit. Strike your hands
Ezekiel 5:12
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12 (A)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (B)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (C)them.
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Joel 1:15
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15 (A)Alas for the day!
For (B)the day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Ezekiel 25:6
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6 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you (A)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and (B)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,
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Ezekiel 21:14-17
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14 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy,
And (A)strike your hands together.
The third time let the sword do double damage.
It is the sword that slays,
The sword that slays the great men,
That enters their (B)private chambers.
15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
That the heart may melt and many may stumble.
Ah! (C)It is made bright;
It is grasped for slaughter:
16 “Swords(D)[a] at the ready!
Thrust right!
Set your blade!
Thrust left—
Wherever your [b]edge is ordered!
17 “I also will (E)beat My fists together,
And (F)I will cause My fury to rest;
I, the Lord, have spoken.”
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- Ezekiel 21:16 Lit. Sharpen yourself! or Unite yourself!
- Ezekiel 21:16 Lit. face
Ezekiel 14:21
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21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (A)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
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- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil
Ezekiel 9:4
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4 and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put (A)a mark on the foreheads of the men (B)who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
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Jeremiah 24:10
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10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are [a]consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”
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- Jeremiah 24:10 destroyed
Revelation 18:16-19
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16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, (A)that great city (B)that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 (C)For in one hour such great riches [a]came to nothing.’ (D)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 (E)and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, (F)‘What is like this great city?’
19 (G)“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! (H)For in one hour she [b]is made desolate.’
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- Revelation 18:17 have been laid waste
- Revelation 18:19 have been laid waste
Revelation 18:10
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10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, (A)‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! (B)For in one hour your judgment has come.’
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Amos 5:16
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The Day of the Lord
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
(A)And skillful lamenters to wailing.
Jeremiah 30:7
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7 (A)Alas! For that day is great,
(B)So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.
Jeremiah 16:4
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4 “They shall die (A)gruesome deaths; they shall not be (B)lamented nor shall they be (C)buried, but they shall be (D)like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their (E)corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”
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Jeremiah 15:2-3
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2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Such as are for death, to death;
And such as are for the sword, to the sword;
And such as are for the famine, to the famine;
And such as are for the (B)captivity, to the captivity.” ’
3 “And I will (C)appoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, (D)the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
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Jeremiah 9:10
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10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,
And (A)for the [a]dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation,
Because they are burned up,
So that no one can pass through;
Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle.
(B)Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled;
They are gone.
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- Jeremiah 9:10 Or pastures
Jeremiah 9:1
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Disobedience Brings God’s Judgment
9 Oh, (A)that my head were waters,
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Isaiah 58:1
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Fasting that Pleases God
58 “Cry aloud, [a]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(A)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
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- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
Numbers 24:10
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10 Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he (A)struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, (B)“I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!
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