Jeremiah 22:7
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7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down (A)your choice cedars
(B)And cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah 4:6-7
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6 Set up the [a]standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the (A)north,
And great destruction.”
7 (B)The lion has come up from his thicket,
And (C)the destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone forth from his place
(D)To make your land desolate.
Your cities will be laid waste,
Without inhabitant.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 4:6 banner
Isaiah 37:24
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24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter its farthest height,
To its fruitful forest.
Isaiah 10:33-34
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33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
(A)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Ezekiel 9:1-7
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The Wicked Are Slain
9 Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, “Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a [a]deadly weapon in his hand.” 2 And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his [b]battle-ax in his hand. (A)One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn [c]at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 Now (B)the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the [d]temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at his side; 4 and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put (C)a mark on the foreheads of the men (D)who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
5 To the others He said in my [e]hearing, “Go after him through the city and (E)kill;[f] (F)do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. 6 (G)Utterly[g] slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but (H)do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and (I)begin at My sanctuary.” (J)So they began with the elders who were before the [h]temple. 7 Then He said to them, “Defile the [i]temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” And they went out and killed in the city.
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- Ezekiel 9:1 Or destroying
- Ezekiel 9:2 Lit. shattering weapon
- Ezekiel 9:2 Lit. upon his loins
- Ezekiel 9:3 Lit. house
- Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. ears
- Ezekiel 9:5 Lit. strike
- Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. Slay to destruction
- Ezekiel 9:6 Lit. house
- Ezekiel 9:7 Lit. house
Jeremiah 21:14
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14 But I will punish you according to the (A)fruit of your [a]doings,” says the Lord;
“I will kindle a fire in its forest,
And (B)it shall devour all things around it.” ’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 21:14 deeds
Isaiah 13:3-5
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3 I have commanded My [a]sanctified ones;
I have also called (A)My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who (B)rejoice in My exaltation.”
4 The (C)noise of a multitude in the mountains,
Like that of many people!
A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts musters
The army for battle.
5 They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The (D)Lord and His [b]weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole (E)land.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:3 consecrated or set apart
- Isaiah 13:5 Or instruments
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 11:1
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Desolation of Israel
11 Open (A)your doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.
Jeremiah 50:20-23
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20 In those days and in that time,” says the Lord,
(A)“The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none;
And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found;
For I will pardon those (B)whom I preserve.
21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it,
And against the inhabitants of (C)Pekod.
[a]Waste and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord,
“And do (D)according to all that I have commanded you.
22 (E)A sound of battle is in the land,
And of great destruction.
23 How (F)the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:21 Or Attack with the sword
Jeremiah 5:15
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15 Behold, I will bring a (A)nation against you (B)from afar,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.
Isaiah 54:16-17
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16 “Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an [a]instrument for his work;
And I have created the [b]spoiler to destroy.
17 No weapon formed against you shall (A)prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
(B)And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 54:16 Or weapon
- Isaiah 54:16 destroyer
Isaiah 27:10-11
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10 Yet the fortified city will be (A)desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (B)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (C)not have mercy on them,
And (D)He who formed them will show them no favor.
Isaiah 10:3-7
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3 (A)What will you do in (B)the day of punishment,
And in the desolation which will come from (C)afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
4 Without Me they shall bow down among the (D)prisoners,
And they shall fall [a]among the slain.”
(E)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 “Woe to Assyria, (F)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against (G)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (H)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 (I)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit. under
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