Bible Cross References
Because
Ezekiel 25:8
The Sovereign LORD said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations,
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."
2 Chronicles 28:17
2 Chronicles 28:18
At this same time the Philistines were raiding the towns in the western foothills and in southern Judah. They captured the cities of Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, and the cities of Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages, and settled there permanently.
Psalm 137:7
Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, "Tear it down to the ground!"
Jeremiah 49:7-22
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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?
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People of Dedan, turn and run! Hide! I am going to destroy Esau's descendants because the time has come for me to punish them.
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When people pick grapes, they leave a few on the vines, and when robbers come at night, they take only what they want.
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But I have stripped Esau's descendants completely and uncovered their hiding places, so that they can no longer hide. All the people of Edom are destroyed. Not one of them is left.
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Leave your orphans with me, and I will take care of them. Your widows can depend on me.
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"If even those who did not deserve to be punished had to drink from the cup of punishment, do you think that you will go unpunished? No, you must drink from the cup!
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I myself have sworn that the city of Bozrah will become a horrifying sight and a desert; people will make fun of it and use its name as a curse. All the nearby villages will be in ruins forever. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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I said, "Edom, I have received a message from the LORD. He has sent a messenger to tell the nations to assemble their armies and to get ready to attack you.
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The LORD is going to make you weak, and no one will respect you.
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Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the LORD will bring you down. The LORD has spoken."
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The LORD said, "The destruction that will come on Edom will be so terrible that everyone who passes by will be shocked and terrified.
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The same thing will happen to Edom that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when they and the nearby towns were destroyed. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan River up to the green pasture land, I will come and make the Edomites run away suddenly from their country. Then the leader I choose will rule the nation. Who can be compared to me? Who would dare challenge me? What ruler could oppose me?
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So listen to the plan that I have made against the people of Edom, and to what I intend to do to the people of the city of Teman. Even their children will be dragged off, and everyone will be horrified.
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When Edom falls, there will be such a noise that the entire earth will shake, and the cries of alarm will be heard as far away as the Gulf of Aqaba.
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The enemy will attack Bozrah like an eagle swooping down with outspread wings. On that day Edom's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor."
taking vengeance
Genesis 27:41
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."
Genesis 27:42
But when Rebecca heard about Esau's plan, she sent for Jacob and said, "Listen, your brother Esau is planning to get even with you and kill you.
Amos 1:11
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.
Amos 1:12
So I will send fire upon the city of Teman and burn down the fortresses of Bozrah."
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.