Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 48:26
The LORD said, "Make Moab drunk, because it has rebelled against me. Moab will roll in its own vomit, and people will laugh.
Jeremiah 48:27
Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.
Jeremiah 50:9-17
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I am going to stir up a group of strong nations in the north and make them attack Babylonia. They will line up in battle against the country and conquer it. They are skillful hunters, shooting arrows that never miss the mark.
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Babylonia will be looted, and those who loot it will take everything they want. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The LORD says, "People of Babylonia, you plundered my nation. You are happy and glad, going about like a cow threshing grain or like a neighing horse,
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but your own great city will be humiliated and disgraced. Babylonia will be the least important nation of all; it will become a dry and waterless desert.
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Because of my anger no one will live in Babylon; it will be left in ruins, and all who pass by will be shocked and amazed.
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"Archers, line up for battle against Babylon and surround it. Shoot all your arrows at Babylon, because it has sinned against me, the LORD.
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Raise the war cry all around the city! Now Babylon has surrendered. Its walls have been broken through and torn down. I am taking my revenge on the Babylonians. So take your revenge on them, and treat them as they have treated others.
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Do not let seeds be planted in that country nor let a harvest be gathered. Every foreigner living there will be afraid of the attacking army and will go back home."
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The LORD says, "The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.
Jeremiah 51:33-35
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Soon the enemy will cut them down and trample them like grain on a threshing place. I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken."
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The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem up and ate it. He emptied the city like a jar; like a monster he swallowed it. He took what he wanted and threw the rest away.
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Let the people of Zion say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for the violence done to us!" Let the people of Jerusalem say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for what we have suffered!"
Ezekiel 25:3-15
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Tell them to listen to what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: You were delighted to see my Temple profaned, to see the land of Israel devastated, to see the people of Judah go into exile.
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Because you were glad, I will let the tribes from the eastern desert conquer you. They will set up their camps in your country and settle there. They will eat the fruit and drink the milk that should have been yours.
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I will turn the city of Rabbah into a place to keep camels, and the whole country of Ammon will become a place to keep sheep, so that you will know I am the LORD.
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"This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: You clapped your hands and jumped for joy. You despised the land of Israel.
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Because you did, I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you. I will destroy you so completely that you will not be a nation any more or have a country of your own. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
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The Sovereign LORD said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations,
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I will let the cities that defend the border of Moab be attacked, including even the finest cities---Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.
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I will let the tribes of the eastern desert conquer Moab, together with Ammon, so that Moab will no longer be a nation.
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I will punish Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD."
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The Sovereign LORD said, "The people of Edom took cruel revenge on Judah, and that revenge has brought lasting guilt on Edom.
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Now I announce that I will punish Edom and kill every person and animal there. I will make it a wasteland, from the city of Teman to the city of Dedan, and the people will be killed in battle.
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My people Israel will take revenge on Edom for me, and they will make Edom feel my furious anger. Edom will know what it means to be the object of my revenge." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
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The Sovereign LORD said, "The Philistines have taken cruel revenge on their agelong enemies and destroyed them in their hate.
Amos 1:2-15
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Amos said, "The LORD roars from Mount Zion; his voice thunders from Jerusalem. The pastures dry up, and the grass on Mount Carmel turns brown."
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The LORD says, "The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They treated the people of Gilead with savage cruelty.
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So I will send fire upon the palace built by King Hazael and I will burn down the fortresses of King Benhadad.
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I will smash the city gates of Damascus and remove the inhabitants of Aven Valley and the ruler of Betheden. The people of Syria will be taken away as prisoners to the land of Kir."
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The LORD says, "The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation and sold them as slaves to the people of Edom.
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So I will send fire upon the city walls of Gaza and burn down its fortresses.
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I will remove the rulers of the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. I will punish the city of Ekron, and all the Philistines who are left will die."
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The LORD says, "The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation into exile in the land of Edom, and did not keep the treaty of friendship they had made.
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So I will send fire upon the city walls of Tyre and burn down its fortresses."
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The LORD says, "The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They hunted down their relatives, the Israelites, and showed them no mercy. Their anger had no limits, and they never let it die.
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So I will send fire upon the city of Teman and burn down the fortresses of Bozrah."
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The LORD says, "The people of Ammon have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. In their wars for more territory they even ripped open pregnant women in Gilead.
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So I will send fire upon the city walls of Rabbah and burn down its fortresses. Then there will be shouts on the day of battle, and the fighting will rage like a storm.
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Their king and his officers will go into exile."
Zephaniah 2:8-10
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The LORD Almighty says, "I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon insulting and taunting my people, and boasting that they would seize their land.
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As surely as I am the living LORD, the God of Israel, I swear that Moab and Ammon are going to be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. They will become a place of salt pits and everlasting ruin, overgrown with weeds. Those of my people who survive will plunder them and take their land."
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That is how the people of Moab and Ammon will be punished for their pride and arrogance and for insulting the people of the LORD Almighty.
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Jeremiah 2:3
Israel, you belonged to me alone; you were my sacred possession. I sent suffering and disaster on everyone who hurt you. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 49:1
This is what the LORD said about Ammon: "Where are the men of Israel? Is there no one to defend their land? Why have they let the people who worship Molech take the territory of the tribe of Gad and settle there?
Jeremiah 49:7
This is what the LORD Almighty said about Edom: "Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?
Psalm 105:15
"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
Obadiah 1:10-16
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"Because you robbed and killed your relatives, the descendants of Jacob, you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
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You stood aside on that day when enemies broke down their gates. You were as bad as those strangers who carried off Jerusalem's wealth and divided it among themselves.
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You should not have gloated over the misfortune of your relatives in Judah. You should not have been glad on the day of their ruin. You should not have laughed at them in their distress.
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You should not have entered the city of my people to gloat over their suffering and to seize their riches on the day of their disaster.
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You should not have stood at the crossroads to catch those trying to escape. You should not have handed them over to the enemy on the day of their distress.
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"The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all nations. Edom, what you have done will be done to you. You will get back what you have given.
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My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment on my sacred hill. But all the surrounding nations will drink a still more bitter cup of punishment; they will drink it all and vanish away.
Zechariah 1:15
and I am very angry with the nations that enjoy quiet and peace. For while I was holding back my anger against my people, those nations made the sufferings of my people worse.
Zechariah 2:8
Anyone who strikes you strikes what is most precious to me." So the LORD Almighty sent me with this message for the nations that had plundered his people:
Zechariah 12:2-4
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"I will make Jerusalem like a cup of wine; the nations around her will drink and stagger like drunks. And when they besiege Jerusalem, the cities of the rest of Judah will also be besieged.
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But when that time comes, I will make Jerusalem like a heavy stone---any nation that tries to lift it will be hurt. All the nations of the world will join forces to attack her.
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At that time I will terrify all their horses and make all their riders go crazy. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will make the horses of their enemies blind.
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Jeremiah 48:1-51
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This is what the LORD Almighty said about Moab: "Pity the people of Nebo--- their town is destroyed! Kiriathaim is captured, its mighty fortress torn down, and its people put to shame;
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the splendor of Moab is gone. The enemy have captured Heshbon and plot to destroy the nation of Moab. The town of Madmen will be silenced; armies will march against it.
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The people of Horonaim cry out, 'Violence! Destruction!'
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"Moab has been destroyed; listen to the children crying.
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Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim.
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'Quick, run for your lives!' they say. 'Run like a wild desert donkey!'
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"Moab, you trusted in your strength and your wealth, but now even you will be conquered; your god Chemosh will go into exile, along with his princes and priests.
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Not a town will escape the destruction; both valley and plain will be ruined. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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Set up a tombstone for Moab; it will soon be destroyed. Its towns will be left in ruins, and no one will live there again."
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(Curse those who do not do the LORD's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!)
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The LORD said, "Moab has always lived secure and has never been taken into exile. Moab is like wine left to settle undisturbed and never poured from jar to jar. Its flavor has never been ruined, and it tastes as good as ever.
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"So now, the time is coming when I will send people to pour Moab out like wine. They will empty its wine jars and break them in pieces.
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Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god Chemosh, just as the Israelites were disillusioned with Bethel, a god in whom they trusted.
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"Men of Moab, why do you claim to be heroes, brave soldiers tested in war?
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Moab and its cities are destroyed; its finest young men have been slaughtered. I am the king, the LORD Almighty, and I have spoken.
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Moab's doom approaches; its ruin is coming soon.
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"Mourn for that nation, you that live nearby, all of you that know its fame. Say, 'Its powerful rule has been broken; its glory and might are no more.'
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You that live in Dibon, come down from your place of honor and sit on the ground in the dust; Moab's destroyer is here and has left its forts in ruins.
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You that live in Aroer, stand by the road and wait; ask those who are running away, find out from them what has happened.
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'Moab has fallen,' they will answer, 'weep for it; it is disgraced. Announce along the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed!'
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"Judgment has come on the cities of the plateau: on Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath,
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Dibon, Nebo, Beth Diblathaim,
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Kiriathaim, Bethgamul, Bethmeon,
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Kerioth, and Bozrah. Judgment has come on all the cities of Moab, far and near.
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Moab's might has been crushed; its power has been destroyed. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The LORD said, "Make Moab drunk, because it has rebelled against me. Moab will roll in its own vomit, and people will laugh.
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Moab, remember how you made fun of the people of Israel? You treated them as though they had been caught with a gang of robbers.
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"You people who live in Moab, leave your towns! Go and live on the cliffs! Be like the dove that makes its nest in the sides of a ravine.
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Moab is very proud! I have heard how proud, arrogant, and conceited the people are, how much they think of themselves.
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I, the LORD, know of their arrogance. Their boasts amount to nothing, and the things they do will not last.
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And so I will weep for everyone in Moab and for the people of Kir Heres.
32
I will cry for the people of Sibmah, even more than for the people of Jazer. City of Sibmah, you are like a vine whose branches reach across the Dead Sea and go as far as Jazer. But now your summer fruits and your grapes have been destroyed.
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Happiness and joy have been taken away from the fertile land of Moab. I have made the wine stop flowing from the wine presses; there is no one to make the wine and shout for joy.
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"The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far as Jahaz; it can be heard by the people in Zoar, and it is heard as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even Nimrim Brook has dried up.
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I will stop the people of Moab from making burnt offerings at their places of worship and from offering sacrifices to their gods. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"So my heart mourns for Moab and for the people of Kir Heres, like someone playing a funeral song on a flute, because everything they owned is gone.
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All of them have shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.
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On all the housetops of Moab and in all its public squares there is nothing but mourning, because I have broken Moab like a jar that no one wants.
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Moab has been shattered! Cry out! Moab has been disgraced. It is in ruins, and all the surrounding nations make fun of it. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The LORD has promised that a nation will swoop down on Moab like an eagle with its outspread wings,
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and the towns and fortresses will be captured. On that day Moab's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.
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Moab will be destroyed and will no longer be a nation, because it rebelled against me.
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Terror, pits, and traps are waiting for the people of Moab. The LORD has spoken.
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Whoever tries to escape the terror will fall into the pits, and whoever climbs out of the pits will be caught in the traps, because the LORD has set the time for Moab's destruction.
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Helpless refugees try to find protection in Heshbon, the city that King Sihon once ruled, but it is in flames. Fire has burned up the frontiers and the mountain heights of the war-loving people of Moab.
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Pity the people of Moab! The people who worshiped Chemosh have been destroyed, and their sons and daughters have been taken away as prisoners.
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But in days to come the LORD will make Moab prosperous again. All of this is what the LORD has said will happen to Moab.
Ezekiel 25:1-32
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"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Ammon.
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Tell them to listen to what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: You were delighted to see my Temple profaned, to see the land of Israel devastated, to see the people of Judah go into exile.
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Because you were glad, I will let the tribes from the eastern desert conquer you. They will set up their camps in your country and settle there. They will eat the fruit and drink the milk that should have been yours.
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I will turn the city of Rabbah into a place to keep camels, and the whole country of Ammon will become a place to keep sheep, so that you will know I am the LORD.
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"This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: You clapped your hands and jumped for joy. You despised the land of Israel.
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Because you did, I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you. I will destroy you so completely that you will not be a nation any more or have a country of your own. Then you will know that I am the LORD."
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The Sovereign LORD said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations,
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I will let the cities that defend the border of Moab be attacked, including even the finest cities---Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.
10
I will let the tribes of the eastern desert conquer Moab, together with Ammon, so that Moab will no longer be a nation.
11
I will punish Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD."
12
The Sovereign LORD said, "The people of Edom took cruel revenge on Judah, and that revenge has brought lasting guilt on Edom.
13
Now I announce that I will punish Edom and kill every person and animal there. I will make it a wasteland, from the city of Teman to the city of Dedan, and the people will be killed in battle.
14
My people Israel will take revenge on Edom for me, and they will make Edom feel my furious anger. Edom will know what it means to be the object of my revenge." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
15
The Sovereign LORD said, "The Philistines have taken cruel revenge on their agelong enemies and destroyed them in their hate.
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And so I am announcing that I will attack the Philistines and wipe them out. I will destroy everyone left living there on the Philistine Plain.
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I will punish them severely and take full revenge on them. They will feel my anger. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 35:1-15
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"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom.
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Tell the people what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: "I am your enemy, mountains of Edom! I will make you a desolate wasteland.
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I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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"You were Israel's constant enemy and let her people be slaughtered in the time of her disaster, the time of final punishment for her sins.
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So then---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of murder, and murder will follow you.
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I will make the hill country of Edom a wasteland and kill everyone who travels through it.
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I will cover the mountains with corpses, and the bodies of those who are killed in battle will cover the hills and valleys.
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I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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"You said that the two nations, Judah and Israel, together with their lands, belonged to you and that you would possess them, even though I, the LORD, was their God.
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So then, as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God, I will pay you back for your anger, your jealousy, and your hate toward my people. They will know that I am punishing you for what you did to them.
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Then you will know that I, the LORD, heard you say with contempt that the mountains of Israel were desolate and that they were yours to devour.
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I have heard the wild, boastful way you have talked against me."
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The Sovereign LORD says, "I will make you so desolate that the whole world will rejoice at your downfall,
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just as you rejoiced at the devastation of Israel, my own possession. The mountains of Seir, yes, all the land of Edom, will be desolate. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD."
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Jeremiah 3:18
Israel will join with Judah, and together they will come from exile in the country in the north and will return to the land that I gave your ancestors as a permanent possession."
Jeremiah 32:37
I am going to gather the people from all the countries where I have scattered them in my anger and fury, and I am going to bring them back to this place and let them live here in safety.
Deuteronomy 30:3
then the LORD your God will have mercy on you. He will bring you back from the nations where he has scattered you, and he will make you prosperous again.
Psalm 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and bring us back from among the nations, so that we may be thankful and praise your holy name.
Isaiah 11:11-16
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When that day comes, the Lord will once again use his power and bring back home those of his people who are left in Assyria and Egypt, in the lands of Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, and Hamath, and in the coastlands and on the islands of the sea.
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The Lord will raise a signal flag to show the nations that he is gathering together again the scattered people of Israel and Judah and bringing them back from the four corners of the earth.
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The kingdom of Israel will not be jealous of Judah any more, and Judah will not be the enemy of Israel.
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Together they will attack the Philistines on the west and plunder the people who live to the east. They will conquer the people of Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon will obey them.
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The LORD will dry up the Gulf of Suez, and he will bring a hot wind to dry up the Euphrates, leaving only seven tiny streams, so that anyone can walk across.
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There will be a highway out of Assyria for those of his people Israel who have survived there, just as there was for their ancestors when they left Egypt.
Ezekiel 28:25
The Sovereign LORD said, "I will bring back the people of Israel from the nations where I scattered them, and all the nations will know that I am holy. The people of Israel will live in their own land, the land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
Ezekiel 34:12
in the same way as shepherds take care of their sheep that were scattered and are brought together again. I will bring them back from all the places where they were scattered on that dark, disastrous day.
Ezekiel 34:13
I will take them out of foreign countries, gather them together, and bring them back to their own land. I will lead them back to the mountains and the streams of Israel and will feed them in pleasant pastures.
Ezekiel 36:24
I will take you from every nation and country and bring you back to your own land.
Ezekiel 37:21
Then tell them that I, the Sovereign LORD, am going to take all my people out of the nations where they have gone, gather them together, and bring them back to their own land.
Ezekiel 39:27
In order to show to the many nations that I am holy, I will bring my people back from all the countries where their enemies live.
Ezekiel 39:28
Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God. They will know this, because I sent them into captivity and now gather them and bring them back into their own land, not leaving even one of them behind.
Hosea 1:11
The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be reunited. They will choose for themselves a single leader, and once again they will grow and prosper in their land. Yes, the day of Jezreel will be a great day!
Amos 9:14
I will bring my people back to their land. They will rebuild their ruined cities and live there; they will plant vineyards and drink the wine; they will plant gardens and eat what they grow.
Amos 9:15
I will plant my people on the land I gave them, and they will not be pulled up again." The LORD your God has spoken.
Zephaniah 3:19
The time is coming! I will punish your oppressors; I will rescue all the lame and bring the exiles home. I will turn their shame to honor, and all the world will praise them.
Zephaniah 3:20
The time is coming! I will bring your scattered people home; I will make you famous throughout the world and make you prosperous once again." The LORD has spoken.
Zechariah 10:6-12
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"I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel. I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home. They will be as though I had never rejected them. I am the LORD their God; I will answer their prayers.
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The people of Israel will be strong like soldiers, happy like those who have been drinking wine. Their descendants will remember this victory and be glad because of what the LORD has done.
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"I will call my people and gather them together. I will rescue them and make them as numerous as they used to be.
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Though I have scattered them among the nations, yet in far-off places they will remember me. They and their children will survive and return home together.
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From Egypt and Assyria I will bring them home and settle them in their own country. I will settle them in Gilead and Lebanon also; the whole land will be filled with people.
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When they pass through their sea of trouble, I, the LORD, will strike the waves, and the depths of the Nile will go dry. Proud Assyria will be humbled, and mighty Egypt will lose her power.
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I will make my people strong; they will worship and obey me." The LORD has spoken.