Jeremiah 50:14
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14 (A)Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around,
(B)all you who bend the bow;
shoot at her, spare no arrows,
(C)for she has sinned against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:29
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29 (A)“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. (B)Encamp around her; let no one escape. (C)Repay her according to her deeds; do to her according to all that she has done. For she has (D)proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
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Habakkuk 2:17
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17 (A)The violence (B)done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
(C)for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
Habakkuk 2:8
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8 (A)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(B)for the blood of man and (C)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
Jeremiah 50:42
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42 They lay hold of bow and spear;
they are cruel and have no mercy.
The sound of them is like the roaring of the sea;
they ride on horses,
arrayed as a man for battle
against you, O daughter of Babylon!
Jeremiah 50:9
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9 For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon (A)a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
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Jeremiah 50:7
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7 All who found them have devoured them, (A)and their enemies have said, ‘We are not guilty, for (B)they have sinned against the Lord, (C)their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, (D)the hope of their fathers.’
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Revelation 17:5
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5 And on her forehead was written a name of (A)mystery: (B)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”
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Jeremiah 51:27
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Jeremiah 51:11-12
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11 (A)“Sharpen the arrows!
Take up the shields!
(B)The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of (C)the Medes, because (D)his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, (E)for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance for (F)his temple.
12 (G)“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
(H)make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
prepare the ambushes;
(I)for the Lord has both planned and done
what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:2
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2 and I will send to Babylon winnowers,
and (A)they shall winnow her,
and they shall empty her land,
when they come against her from every side
(B)on the day of trouble.
Jeremiah 50:11
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11 (A)“Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,
Jeremiah 49:35
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35 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will break (A)the bow of (B)Elam, the mainstay of their might.
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Jeremiah 46:9
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9 (A)Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and (B)Put who handle the shield,
(C)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
Isaiah 13:17-18
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17 Behold, (A)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 (B)Their bows will slaughter[a] the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces
Isaiah 13:4
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4 The sound (A)of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
(B)The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
Isaiah 5:28
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28 (A)their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels (B)like the whirlwind.
Psalm 51:4
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4 (A)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (B)in your sight,
(C)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
2 Samuel 10:9
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9 When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians.
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1 Samuel 17:20
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20 And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to (A)the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry.
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