Jeremiah 48:7
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7 For, (A)because you trusted in your works and your treasures,
you also shall be taken;
and (B)Chemosh (C)shall go into exile
with (D)his priests and his officials.
Jeremiah 48:37
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37 (A)“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. (B)On all the hands are gashes, and (C)around the waist is sackcloth.
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Isaiah 15:2
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2 He has gone up to the temple,[a] and to (A)Dibon,
to the high places[b] to weep;
over (B)Nebo and over (C)Medeba
Moab (D)wails.
On every head is (E)baldness;
every beard is shorn;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 15:2 Hebrew the house
- Isaiah 15:2 Or temple, even Dibon to the high places
Jeremiah 46:25
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25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon (A)Amon of (B)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt (C)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him.
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Jeremiah 4:8
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8 For this (A)put on sackcloth,
lament and wail,
for (B)the fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”
2 Kings 23:13
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13 And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of (A)the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for (B)Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for (C)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for (D)Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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1 Kings 11:33
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33 because they have[a] forsaken me (A)and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
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- 1 Kings 11:33 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate he has; twice in this verse
1 Kings 11:5
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5 For Solomon went after (A)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after (B)Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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James 5:1
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you.
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Zephaniah 1:5
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5 (A)those who bow down on the roofs
to the host of the heavens,
(B)those who bow down and swear to the Lord
and yet swear by (C)Milcom,[a]
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king
Amos 1:15
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Footnotes
- Amos 1:15 Or officials
Jeremiah 51:8
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8 (A)Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
(B)wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
perhaps she may be healed.
Jeremiah 49:1
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Judgment on Ammon
49 (A)Concerning the Ammonites.
Thus says the Lord:
“Has Israel no sons?
Has he no heir?
Why then has (B)Milcom[a] (C)dispossessed Gad,
and his people settled in its cities?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also verse 3
Jeremiah 48:20
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20 Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
(A)wail and cry!
Tell it beside (B)the Arnon,
that (C)Moab is laid waste.
Jeremiah 48:2
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2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In (A)Heshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off (B)from being a nation!’
You also, O (C)Madmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.
Jeremiah 6:26
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26 O daughter of my people, (A)put on sackcloth,
and (B)roll in ashes;
(C)make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.
Isaiah 32:11-12
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11 Tremble, you women (A)who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
(B)strip, and make yourselves bare,
(C)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
12 (D)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
for the fruitful vine,
Isaiah 23:6
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6 (A)Cross over to Tarshish;
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
Isaiah 23:1
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An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon
23 The (A)oracle concerning (B)Tyre.
Wail, O (C)ships of Tarshish,
for Tyre is laid waste, (D)without house or harbor!
From (E)the land of Cyprus[a]
it is revealed to them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:1 Hebrew Kittim; also verse 12
Isaiah 16:7
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7 Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,
(A)let everyone wail.
Mourn, utterly stricken,
for the (B)raisin cakes of (C)Kir-hareseth.
Isaiah 14:31
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31 (A)Wail, O (B)gate; cry out, O city;
melt in fear, (C)O Philistia, all of you!
(D)For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
Isaiah 13:6
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:6 The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike
Job 30:3-7
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3 Through want and hard hunger
they (A)gnaw (B)the dry ground by night in (C)waste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[a]
5 (D)They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of (E)the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they (F)bray;
under (G)the nettles they huddle together.
Footnotes
- Job 30:4 Or warmth
Joshua 8:28
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28 So Joshua burned Ai and made it forever a (A)heap of ruins, as it is to this day.
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