Bible Cross References
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Psalm 17:12
They are like lions, waiting for me, wanting to tear me to pieces.
Isaiah 10:6-14
6
I sent Assyria to attack a godless nation, people who have made me angry. I sent them to loot and steal and trample the people like dirt in the streets."
7
But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.
8
He boasts, "Every one of my commanders is a king!
9
I conquered the cities of Calno and Carchemish, the cities of Hamath and Arpad. I conquered Samaria and Damascus.
10
I reached out to punish those kingdoms that worship idols, idols more numerous than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.
11
I have destroyed Samaria and all its idols, and I will do the same to Jerusalem and the images that are worshiped there."
12
But the Lord says, "When I finish what I am doing on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the emperor of Assyria for all his boasting and all his pride."
13
The emperor of Assyria boasts, "I have done it all myself. I am strong and wise and clever. I wiped out the boundaries between nations and took the supplies they had stored. Like a bull I have trampled the people who live there.
14
The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at me!"
Jeremiah 51:34
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.