Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 2:12-17
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On that day the LORD Almighty will humble everyone who is powerful, everyone who is proud and conceited.
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He will destroy the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the oaks in the land of Bashan.
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He will level the high mountains and hills,
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every high tower, and the walls of every fortress.
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He will sink even the largest and most beautiful ships.
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Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.
Isaiah 10:33
The LORD Almighty will bring them crashing down like branches cut off a tree. The proudest and highest of them will be cut down and humiliated.
Isaiah 10:34
The LORD will cut them down as trees in the heart of the forest are cut down with an ax, as even the finest trees of Lebanon fall!
Ezekiel 31:2
"Mortal man," he said, "say to the king of Egypt and all his people: How powerful you are! What can I compare you to?
Ezekiel 31:3
You are like a cedar in Lebanon, With beautiful, shady branches, A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.
Ezekiel 31:17
They will go with it to the world of the dead to join those that have already fallen. And all who live under its shadow will be scattered among the nations.
Amos 6:1
How terrible it will be for you that have such an easy life in Zion and for you that feel safe in Samaria---you great leaders of this great nation Israel, you to whom the people go for help!
Nahum 3:8-19
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Nineveh, are you any better than Thebes, the capital of Egypt? She too had a river to protect her like a wall---the Nile was her defense.
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She ruled Ethiopia and Egypt, there was no limit to her power; Libya was her ally.
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Yet the people of Thebes were carried off into exile. At every street corner their children were beaten to death. Their leading men were carried off in chains and divided among their captors.
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Nineveh, you too will fall into a drunken stupor! You too will try to escape from your enemies.
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All your fortresses will be like fig trees with ripe figs: shake the trees, and the fruit falls right into your mouth!
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Your soldiers are helpless, and your country stands defenseless before your enemies. Fire will destroy the bars across your gates.
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Draw water to prepare for a siege, and strengthen your fortresses! Trample the clay to make bricks, and get the brick molds ready!
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No matter what you do, you will still be burned to death or killed in battle. You will be wiped out like crops eaten up by locusts. You multiplied like locusts!
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You produced more merchants than there are stars in the sky! But now they are gone, like locusts that spread their wings and fly away.
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Your officials are like a swarm of locusts that stay in the walls on a cold day. But when the sun comes out, they fly away, and no one knows where they have gone!
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Emperor of Assyria, your governors are dead, and your noblemen are asleep forever! Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to bring them home again.
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There is no remedy for your injuries, and your wounds cannot be healed. All those who hear the news of your destruction clap their hands for joy. Did anyone escape your endless cruelty?
Luke 23:31
For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"
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Isaiah 32:15-19
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But once more God will send us his spirit. The wasteland will become fertile, and fields will produce rich crops.
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Everywhere in the land righteousness and justice will be done.
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Because everyone will do what is right, there will be peace and security forever.
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God's people will be free from worries, and their homes peaceful and safe.
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(But hail will fall on the forests, and the city will be torn down.)
Ezekiel 20:46
"Mortal man," he said, "look toward the south. Speak against the south and prophesy against the forest of the south.