Jeremiah 4:16
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16 “Make mention to the nations,
Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,
That watchers come from a (A)far country
And raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
Ezekiel 21:22
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22 In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to (A)lift the voice with shouting, (B)to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.
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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 39:3
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3 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?”
So Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a (A)far country, from Babylon.”
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Jeremiah 50:2
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2 “Declare among the nations,
Proclaim, and [a]set up a standard;
Proclaim—do not conceal it—
Say, ‘Babylon is (A)taken, (B)Bel is shamed.
[b]Merodach is broken in pieces;
(C)Her idols are humiliated,
Her images are broken in pieces.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:2 lift
- Jeremiah 50:2 Or Marduk; a Babylonian god
Jeremiah 39:1
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
39 In the (B)ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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Jeremiah 31:10
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10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare it in the [a]isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel (A)will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:10 Or coastlands
Jeremiah 16:6
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6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; (A)neither shall men lament for them, (B)cut themselves, nor (C)make themselves bald for them.
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Jeremiah 6:18
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18 Therefore hear, you nations,
And know, O congregation, what is among them.
Jeremiah 5:6
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6 Therefore (A)a lion from the forest shall slay them,
(B)A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
(C)A leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.
Jeremiah 4:17
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17 (A)Like keepers of a field they are against her all around,
Because she has been rebellious against Me,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:15
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15 (A)The young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.
Isaiah 34:1
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Judgment on the Nations
34 Come (A)near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
(B)Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
Deuteronomy 28:49-52
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49 (A)The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, (B)as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance, (C)which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.
52 “They shall (D)besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you.
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