Bible Cross References
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
Numbers 24:14
Balaam said to Balak, "Now I am going back to my own people, but before I go, I am warning you what the people of Israel will do to your people in the future."
Psalm 137:7-9
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Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, "Tear it down to the ground!"
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Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy are those who pay you back for what you have done to us---
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who take your babies and smash them against a rock.
Isaiah 10:12
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."
Isaiah 14:1-27
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The LORD will once again be merciful to his people Israel and choose them as his own. He will let them live in their own land again, and foreigners will come and live there with them.
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Many nations will help the people of Israel return to the land which the LORD gave them, and there the nations will serve Israel as slaves. Those who once captured Israel will now be captured by Israel, and the people of Israel will rule over those who once oppressed them.
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The LORD will give the people of Israel relief from their pain and suffering and from the hard work they were forced to do.
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When he does this, they are to mock the king of Babylon and say: "The cruel king has fallen! He will never oppress anyone again!
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The LORD has ended the power of the evil rulers
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who angrily oppressed the peoples and never stopped persecuting the nations they had conquered.
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Now at last the whole world enjoys rest and peace, and everyone sings for joy.
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The cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice over the fallen king, because there is no one to cut them down, now that he is gone!
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"The world of the dead is getting ready to welcome the king of Babylon. The ghosts of those who were powerful on earth are stirring about. The ghosts of kings are rising from their thrones.
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They all call out to him, 'Now you are as weak as we are! You are one of us!
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You used to be honored with the music of harps, but now here you are in the world of the dead. You lie on a bed of maggots and are covered with a blanket of worms.' "
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King of Babylon, bright morning star, you have fallen from heaven! In the past you conquered nations, but now you have been thrown to the ground.
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You were determined to climb up to heaven and to place your throne above the highest stars. You thought you would sit like a king on that mountain in the north where the gods assemble.
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You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty.
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But instead, you have been brought down to the deepest part of the world of the dead.
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The dead will stare and gape at you. They will ask, "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble?
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Is this the man who destroyed cities and turned the world into a desert? Is this the man who never freed his prisoners or let them go home?"
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All the kings of the earth lie in their magnificent tombs,
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but you have no tomb, and your corpse is thrown out to rot. It is covered by the bodies of soldiers killed in battle, thrown with them into a rocky pit, and trampled down.
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Because you ruined your country and killed your own people, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive.
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Let the slaughter begin! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities.
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The LORD Almighty says, "I will attack Babylon and bring it to ruin. I will leave nothing---no children, no survivors at all. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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I will turn Babylon into a marsh, and owls will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken."
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The LORD Almighty has sworn an oath: "What I have planned will happen. What I have determined to do will be done.
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I will destroy the Assyrians in my land of Israel and trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear.
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This is my plan for the world, and my arm is stretched out to punish the nations."
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The LORD Almighty is determined to do this; he has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.
Jeremiah 25:12-16
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After that I will punish Babylonia and its king for their sin. I will destroy that country and leave it in ruins forever.
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I will punish Babylonia with all the disasters that I threatened to bring on the nations when I spoke through Jeremiah---all the disasters recorded in this book.
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I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done, and many nations and great kings will make slaves of them.' "
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The LORD, the God of Israel, said to me, "Here is a wine cup filled with my anger. Take it to all the nations to whom I send you, and make them drink from it.
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When they drink from it, they will stagger and go out of their minds because of the war I am sending against them."
Jeremiah 25:29-16
Jeremiah 50:33
The LORD Almighty says, "The people of Israel and of Judah are oppressed. All who captured them are guarding them closely and will not let them go.
Jeremiah 50:34
But the one who will rescue them is strong---his name is the LORD Almighty. He himself will take up their cause and will bring peace to the earth, but trouble to the people of Babylonia."
Jeremiah 51:24-26
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The LORD says, "You will see me repay Babylonia and its people for all the evil they did to Jerusalem.
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Babylonia, you are like a mountain that destroys the whole world, but I, the LORD, am your enemy. I will take hold of you, level you to the ground, and leave you in ashes.
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None of the stones from your ruins will ever be used again for building. You will be like a desert forever. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Jeremiah 51:34-37
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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!"
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And so the LORD said to the people of Jerusalem, "I will take up your cause and will make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I will dry up the source of Babylonia's water and make its rivers go dry.
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That country will become a pile of ruins where wild animals live. It will be a horrible sight; no one will live there, and all who see it will be terrified.
Lamentations 3:54-66
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Water began to close over me, and I thought death was near.
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"From the bottom of the pit, O LORD, I cried out to you,
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And when I begged you to listen to my cry, you heard.
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You answered me and told me not to be afraid.
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"You came to my rescue, Lord, and saved my life.
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Judge in my favor; you know the wrongs done against me.
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You know how my enemies hate me and how they plot against me.
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"You have heard them insult me, O LORD; you know all their plots.
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All day long they talk about me and make their plans.
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From morning till night they make fun of me.
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"Punish them for what they have done, O LORD;
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Curse them and fill them with despair!
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Hunt them down and wipe them off the earth!"
Lamentations 4:21
Laugh on, people of Edom and Uz; be glad while you can. Your disaster is coming too; you too will stagger naked in shame.
Lamentations 4:22
Zion has paid for her sin; the LORD will not keep us in exile any longer. But Edom, the LORD will punish you; he will expose your guilty acts.
Ezekiel 25:3
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.
Ezekiel 25:6
"This is what the Sovereign LORD is saying: You clapped your hands and jumped for joy. You despised the land of Israel.
Ezekiel 25:8
The Sovereign LORD said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations,
Ezekiel 25:12
The Sovereign LORD said, "The people of Edom took cruel revenge on Judah, and that revenge has brought lasting guilt on Edom.
Ezekiel 25:15
The Sovereign LORD said, "The Philistines have taken cruel revenge on their agelong enemies and destroyed them in their hate.
Amos 1:3
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.
Amos 1:6
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.
Amos 1:9
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.
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 1:13
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.
Obadiah 1:10
"Because you robbed and killed your relatives, the descendants of Jacob, you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
Zechariah 12:3
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.