Bible Cross References
he shall smite
Jeremiah 25:19
Here is the list of all the others who had to drink from the cup: the king of Egypt, his officials and leaders; all the Egyptians and all the foreigners in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod; all the people of Edom, Moab, and Ammon; all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; all the kings of the Mediterranean lands; the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz; all the people who cut their hair short; all the kings of Arabia; all the kings of the desert tribes; all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media; all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another. Every nation on the face of the earth had to drink from it. Last of all, the king of Babylonia will drink from it.
Jeremiah 46:1-26
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The LORD spoke to me about the nations,
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beginning with Egypt. This is what he said about the army of King Neco of Egypt, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia defeated at Carchemish near the Euphrates River in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah:
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"The Egyptian officers shout, 'Get your shields ready and march into battle!
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Harness your horses and mount them! Fall in line and put on your helmets! Sharpen your spears! Put on your armor!'
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"But what do I see?" asks the LORD. "They are turning back in terror. Their soldiers are beaten back; overcome with fear, they run as fast as they can and do not look back.
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Those who run fast cannot get away; the soldiers cannot escape. In the north, by the Euphrates, they stumble and fall.
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Who is this that rises like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks?
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It is Egypt, rising like the Nile, like a river flooding its banks. Egypt said, 'I will rise and cover the world; I will destroy cities and the people who live there.
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Command the horses to go and the chariots to roll! Send out the soldiers: men from Ethiopia and Libya, carrying shields, and skilled archers from Lydia.' "
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This is the day of the Sovereign LORD Almighty: today he will take revenge; today he will punish his enemies. His sword will eat them until it is full, and drink their blood until it is satisfied. Today the Almighty sacrifices his victims in the north, by the Euphrates.
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People of Egypt, go to Gilead and look for medicine! All your medicine has proved useless; nothing can heal you.
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Nations have heard of your shame; everyone has heard you cry. One soldier trips over another, and both of them fall to the ground.
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When King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came to attack Egypt, the LORD spoke to me. He said,
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"Proclaim it in the towns of Egypt, in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes: 'Get ready to defend yourselves; all you have will be destroyed in war!
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Why has your mighty god Apis fallen? The LORD has struck him down!'
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Your soldiers have stumbled and fallen; each one says to the other, 'Hurry! Let's go home to our people and escape the enemy's sword!'
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"Give the king of Egypt a new name--- 'Noisy Braggart Who Missed His Chance.'
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I, the LORD Almighty, am king. I am the living God. As Mount Tabor towers above the mountains and Mount Carmel stands high above the sea, so will be the strength of the one who attacks you.
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Get ready to be taken prisoner, you people of Egypt! Memphis will be made a desert, a ruin where no one lives.
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Egypt is like a splendid cow, attacked by a stinging fly from the north.
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Even her hired soldiers are helpless as calves. They did not stand and fight; all of them turned and ran. The day of their doom had arrived, the time of their destruction.
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Egypt runs away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy's army approaches. They attack her with axes, like people cutting down trees
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and destroying a thick forest. Their soldiers are too many to count; they outnumber the locusts.
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The people of Egypt are put to shame; they are conquered by the people of the north. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says, "I am going to punish Amon, the god of Thebes, together with Egypt and its gods and kings. I am going to take the king of Egypt and all who put their trust in him,
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and hand them over to those who want to kill them, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his army. But later on, people will live in Egypt again, as they did in times past. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Isaiah 19:1-25
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This is a message about Egypt. The LORD is coming to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The Egyptian idols tremble before him, and the people of Egypt lose their courage.
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The LORD says, "I will stir up civil war in Egypt and turn brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor. Rival cities will fight each other, and rival kings will struggle for power.
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I am going to frustrate the plans of the Egyptians and destroy their morale. They will ask their idols to help them, and they will go and consult mediums and ask the spirits of the dead for advice.
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I will hand the Egyptians over to a tyrant, to a cruel king who will rule them. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken."
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The water will be low in the Nile, and the river will gradually dry up.
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The channels of the river will stink as they slowly go dry. Reeds and rushes will wither,
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and all the crops planted along the banks of the Nile will dry up and be blown away.
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Everyone who earns a living by fishing in the Nile will groan and cry; their hooks and their nets will be useless.
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Those who make linen cloth will be in despair;
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weavers and skilled workers will be broken and depressed.
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The leaders of the city of Zoan are fools! Egypt's wisest people give stupid advice! How do they dare to tell the king that they are successors to the ancient scholars and kings?
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King of Egypt, where are those clever advisers of yours? Perhaps they can tell you what plans the LORD Almighty has for Egypt.
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The leaders of Zoan and Memphis are fools. They were supposed to lead the nation, but they have misled it.
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The LORD has made them give confusing advice. As a result, Egypt does everything wrong and staggers like a drunk slipping on his own vomit.
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No one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unknown, can offer help.
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A time is coming when the people of Egypt will be as timid as women. They will tremble in terror when they see that the LORD Almighty has stretched out his hand to punish them.
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The people of Egypt will be terrified of Judah every time they are reminded of the fate that the LORD Almighty has prepared for them.
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When that time comes, the Hebrew language will be spoken in five Egyptian cities. The people there will take their oaths in the name of the LORD Almighty. One of the cities will be called, "City of the Sun."
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When that time comes, there will be an altar to the LORD in the land of Egypt and a stone pillar dedicated to him at the Egyptian border.
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They will be symbols of the LORD Almighty's presence in Egypt. When the people there are oppressed and call out to the LORD for help, he will send someone to rescue them.
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The LORD will reveal himself to the Egyptian people, and then they will acknowledge and worship him, and bring him sacrifices and offerings. They will make solemn promises to him and do what they promise.
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The LORD will punish the Egyptians, but then he will heal them. They will turn to him, and he will hear their prayers and heal them.
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When that time comes, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. The people of these two countries will travel back and forth between them, and the two nations will worship together.
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When that time comes, Israel will rank with Egypt and Assyria, and these three nations will be a blessing to all the world.
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The LORD Almighty will bless them and say, "I will bless you, Egypt, my people; you, Assyria, whom I created; and you, Israel, my chosen people."
Ezekiel 29:19
So now this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: I am giving the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadnezzar. He will loot and plunder it and carry off all the wealth of Egypt as his army's pay.
Ezekiel 29:20
I am giving him Egypt in payment for his services, because his army was working for me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.
Ezekiel 30:1-32
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The LORD spoke to me again.
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"Mortal man," he said, "prophesy and announce what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying. You are to shout these words: A day of terror is coming!
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The day is near, the day when the LORD will act, A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.
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There will be war in Egypt And great distress in Ethiopia. Many in Egypt will be killed; The country will be plundered And left in ruins.
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"That war will also kill the soldiers hired from Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, Arabia, Kub, and even from among my own people."
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The LORD says, "From Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, all Egypt's defenders will be killed in battle. Egypt's proud army will be destroyed. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken.
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The land will be the most desolate in the world, and its cities will be left totally in ruins.
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When I set fire to Egypt and all her defenders are killed, then they will know that I am the LORD.
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"When that day comes and Egypt is destroyed, I will send messengers in ships to arouse the unsuspecting people of Ethiopia, and they will be terrified. That day is coming!"
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The Sovereign LORD says, "I will use King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia to put an end to Egypt's wealth.
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He and his ruthless army will come to devastate the land. They will attack Egypt with swords, and the land will be full of corpses.
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I will dry up the Nile and put Egypt under the power of evil people. Foreigners will devastate the whole country. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The Sovereign LORD says, "I will destroy the idols and the false gods in Memphis. There will be no one to rule Egypt, and I will terrify all the people.
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I will make southern Egypt desolate and set fire to the city of Zoan in the north. I will punish the capital city of Thebes.
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I will let the city of Pelusium, Egypt's great fortress, feel my fury. I will destroy the wealth of Thebes.
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I will set fire to Egypt, and Pelusium will be in agony. The walls of Thebes will be broken down, and the city will be flooded.
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The young men of the cities of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in the war, and the other people will be taken prisoner.
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Darkness will fall on Tahpanhes when I break the power of Egypt and put an end to the strength they were so proud of. A cloud will cover Egypt, and the people of all her cities will be taken prisoner.
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When I punish Egypt in this way, they will know that I am the LORD."
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On the seventh day of the first month of the eleventh year of our exile, the LORD spoke to me.
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"Mortal man," he said, "I have broken the arm of the king of Egypt. No one has bandaged it or put it in a sling so that it could heal and be strong enough to hold a sword again.
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Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, say: I am the enemy of the king of Egypt. I am going to break both his arms---the good one and the one already broken---and the sword will fall from his hand.
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I am going to scatter the Egyptians throughout the world.
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Then I will make the arms of the king of Babylonia strong and put my sword in his hands. But I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan and die in front of his enemy.
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Yes, I will weaken him and strengthen the king of Babylonia. When I give him my sword and he points it toward Egypt, everyone will know that I am the LORD.
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I will scatter the Egyptians throughout the world. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
such as are for death
Jeremiah 15:2
When they ask you where they should go, tell them that I have said: Some are doomed to die by disease--- that's where they will go! Others are doomed to die in war--- that's where they will go! Some are doomed to die of starvation--- that's where they will go! Others are doomed to be taken away as prisoners--- that's where they will go!
Jeremiah 44:13
I will punish those who live in Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem---with war, starvation, and disease.
Job 20:29
This is the fate of wicked people, the fate that God assigns to them.
Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die from sickness and hunger in the city; a third will be cut down by swords outside the city; and I will scatter the last third to the winds and pursue them with a sword.
Zechariah 11:9
Then I said to the flock, "I will not be your shepherd any longer. Let those die who are to die. Let those be destroyed who are to be destroyed. Those who are left will destroy one another."