Jeremiah 25:9

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⁹I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a]^(E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^(G)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 25:9 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

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Jeremiah 18:16

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¹⁶Their land will be an object of horror^(A)
and of lasting scorn;^(B)
all who pass by will be appalled^(C)
and will shake their heads.^(D)

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Jeremiah 1:15

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¹⁵I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord.

“Their kings will come and set up their thrones
in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;
they will come against all her surrounding walls
and against all the towns of Judah.^(A)

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Isaiah 13:3

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³I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors^(A) to carry out my wrath^(B)—
those who rejoice^(C) in my triumph.

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Habakkuk 1:6-10

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⁶I am raising up the Babylonians,^[a]^(A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth^(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.^(C)
⁷They are a feared and dreaded people;^(D)
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
⁸Their horses are swifter^(E) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves^(F) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
⁹    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes^[b] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners^(G) like sand.
¹⁰They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.^(H)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps^(I) they capture them.

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Footnotes

Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Ezekiel 29:18-20

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¹⁸“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon drove his army in a hard campaign against Tyre; every head was rubbed bare^(B) and every shoulder made raw.^(C) Yet he and his army got no reward from the campaign he led against Tyre. ¹⁹Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king^(D) of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder^(E) the land as pay for his army.^(F) ²⁰I have given him Egypt^(G) as a reward for his efforts because he and his army did it for me, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(H)

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Jeremiah 43:10

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¹⁰Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant^(A) Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon, and I will set his throne^(C) over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy^(D) above them.

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Jeremiah 6:22-26

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²²This is what the Lord says:

“Look, an army is coming
    from the land of the north;^(A)
a great nation is being stirred up
    from the ends of the earth.^(B)
²³They are armed with bow and spear;
    they are cruel and show no mercy.^(C)
They sound like the roaring sea^(D)
    as they ride on their horses;^(E)
they come like men in battle formation
    to attack you, Daughter Zion.^(F)”

²⁴We have heard reports about them,
    and our hands hang limp.^(G)
Anguish^(H) has gripped us,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(I)
²⁵Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.^(J)
²⁶Put on sackcloth,^(K) my people,
    and roll in ashes;^(L)
mourn with bitter wailing^(M)
    as for an only son,^(N)
for suddenly the destroyer^(O)
    will come upon us.

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Jeremiah 27:3-8

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³Then send^(A) word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon,^(B) Tyre and Sidon^(C) through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. ⁴Give them a message for their masters and say, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Tell this to your masters: ⁵With my great power and outstretched arm^(D) I made^(E) the earth and its people and the animals^(F) that are on it, and I give^(G) it to anyone I please. ⁶Now I will give all your countries into the hands of my servant^(H) Nebuchadnezzar^(I) king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.^(J) ⁷All nations will serve^(K) him and his son and his grandson until the time^(L) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate^(M) him.

⁸“‘“If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish^(N) that nation with the sword,^(O) famine^(P) and plague,^(Q) declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand.

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Jeremiah 24:9

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⁹I will make them abhorrent^(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,^(B) a curse^[a]^(C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish^(D) them.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

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Isaiah 44:28-45:1

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²⁸who says of Cyrus,^(A) ‘He is my shepherd
and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,^(B) “Let it be rebuilt,”
and of the temple,^(C) “Let its foundations^(D) be laid.”’

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,^(E)
    to Cyrus,^(F) whose right hand I take hold^(G) of
to subdue nations^(H) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:

Isaiah 39:7

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⁷And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.^(A)”

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Isaiah 5:26-30

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²⁶He lifts up a banner^(A) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(B) for those at the ends of the earth.^(C)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷Not one of them grows tired^(D) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(E) is loosened at the waist,^(F)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(G)
²⁸Their arrows are sharp,^(H)
    all their bows^(I) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(J) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(K)
²⁹Their roar is like that of the lion,^(L)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(M) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(N)
³⁰In that day^(O) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(P)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(Q) and distress;^(R)
    even the sun will be darkened^(S) by clouds.

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1 Kings 9:7-8

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⁷then I will cut off Israel from the land^(A) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.^(B) Israel will then become a byword^(C) and an object of ridicule^(D) among all peoples. ⁸This temple will become a heap of rubble. All^[a] who pass by will be appalled^(E) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’^(F)

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1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all

Leviticus 26:25-46

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²⁵And I will bring the sword^(A) on you to avenge^(B) the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague^(C) among you, and you will be given into enemy hands. ²⁶When I cut off your supply of bread,^(D) ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

²⁷“‘If in spite of this you still do not listen to me^(E) but continue to be hostile toward me, ²⁸then in my anger^(F) I will be hostile^(G) toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.^(H) ²⁹You will eat^(I) the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.^(J) ³⁰I will destroy your high places,^(K) cut down your incense altars^(L) and pile your dead bodies^[a] on the lifeless forms of your idols,^(M) and I will abhor^(N) you. ³¹I will turn your cities into ruins^(O) and lay waste^(P) your sanctuaries,^(Q) and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings.^(R) ³²I myself will lay waste the land,^(S) so that your enemies who live there will be appalled.^(T) ³³I will scatter^(U) you among the nations^(V) and will draw out my sword^(W) and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste,^(X) and your cities will lie in ruins.^(Y) ³⁴Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate^(Z) and you are in the country of your enemies;^(AA) then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. ³⁵All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest^(AB) it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.

³⁶“‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf^(AC) will put them to flight.^(AD) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.^(AE) ³⁷They will stumble over one another^(AF) as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.^(AG) ³⁸You will perish^(AH) among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.^(AI) ³⁹Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’^(AJ) sins they will waste away.^(AK)

⁴⁰“‘But if they will confess^(AL) their sins^(AM) and the sins of their ancestors^(AN)—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me, ⁴¹which made me hostile^(AO) toward them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies—then when their uncircumcised hearts^(AP) are humbled^(AQ) and they pay^(AR) for their sin, ⁴²I will remember my covenant with Jacob^(AS) and my covenant with Isaac^(AT) and my covenant with Abraham,^(AU) and I will remember the land. ⁴³For the land will be deserted^(AV) by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected^(AW) my laws and abhorred my decrees.^(AX) ⁴⁴Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies,^(AY) I will not reject them or abhor^(AZ) them so as to destroy them completely,^(BA) breaking my covenant^(BB) with them. I am the Lord their God. ⁴⁵But for their sake I will remember^(BC) the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt^(BD) in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’”

⁴⁶These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the Lord established at Mount Sinai^(BE) between himself and the Israelites through Moses.^(BF)

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Leviticus 26:30 Or your funeral offerings

Ezekiel 30:10-11

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¹⁰“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
    by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon.^(B)
¹¹He and his army—the most ruthless of nations^(C)—
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.^(D)

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Ezekiel 26:7

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⁷“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I am going to bring against Tyre Nebuchadnezzar^[a]^(A) king of Babylon, king of kings,^(B) with horses and chariots,^(C) with horsemen and a great army.

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Ezekiel 26:7 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Ezekiel and Jeremiah

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Jeremiah 40:2

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²When the commander^(A) of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, “The Lord your God decreed^(B) this disaster^(C) for this place.^(D)

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Jeremiah 25:17-26

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¹⁷So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^(A) me drink it: ¹⁸Jerusalem^(B) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(C) and an object of horror and scorn,^(D) a curse^[a]^(E)—as they are today;^(F) ¹⁹Pharaoh king^(G) of Egypt,^(H) his attendants, his officials and all his people, ²⁰and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;^(I) all the kings of the Philistines^(J) (those of Ashkelon,^(K) Gaza,^(L) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod); ²¹Edom,^(M) Moab^(N) and Ammon;^(O) ²²all the kings of Tyre^(P) and Sidon;^(Q) the kings of the coastlands^(R) across the sea; ²³Dedan,^(S) Tema,^(T) Buz^(U) and all who are in distant places^[b];^(V) ²⁴all the kings of Arabia^(W) and all the kings of the foreign people^(X) who live in the wilderness; ²⁵all the kings of Zimri,^(Y) Elam^(Z) and Media;^(AA) ²⁶and all the kings of the north,^(AB) near and far, one after the other—all the kingdoms^(AC) on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshak^[c]^(AD) will drink it too.

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Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed
Jeremiah 25:23 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads
Jeremiah 25:26 Sheshak is a cryptogram for Babylon.

Jeremiah 8:16

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¹⁶The snorting of the enemy’s horses^(A)
    is heard from Dan;^(B)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.^(C)
They have come to devour^(D)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

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Jeremiah 6:1

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Jerusalem Under Siege

6 “Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
    Flee from Jerusalem!
Sound the trumpet^(A) in Tekoa!^(B)
    Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem!^(C)
For disaster looms out of the north,^(D)
    even terrible destruction.

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Jeremiah 5:15-16

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¹⁵People of Israel,” declares the Lord,
    “I am bringing a distant nation^(A) against you—
an ancient and enduring nation,
    a people whose language^(B) you do not know,
    whose speech you do not understand.
¹⁶Their quivers^(C) are like an open grave;
    all of them are mighty warriors.

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Isaiah 10:5

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

⁵“Woe^(A) to the Assyrian,^(B) the rod^(C) of my anger,
in whose hand is the club^(D) of my wrath!^(E)

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Proverbs 21:1

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him.^(A)

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Deuteronomy 28:45-50

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⁴⁵All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you^(A) until you are destroyed,^(B) because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. ⁴⁶They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.^(C) ⁴⁷Because you did not serve^(D) the Lord your God joyfully and gladly^(E) in the time of prosperity, ⁴⁸therefore in hunger and thirst,^(F) in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke^(G) on your neck^(H) until he has destroyed you.

⁴⁹The Lord will bring a nation against you^(I) from far away, from the ends of the earth,^(J) like an eagle^(K) swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,^(L) ⁵⁰a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old^(M) or pity for the young.

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