Isaiah 10
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"Woe to those who a decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed
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To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.
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b What will you do in c the day of punishment,
And in the desolation which will come from d afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
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Without Me they shall bow down among the e prisoners,
And they shall fall among the slain."
f For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
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"Woe to Assyria, g the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
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I will send him against h an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will i give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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j Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
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k For he says,
' Are not my princes altogether kings?
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Is not l Calno m like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria n like Damascus?
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As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
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As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?' "
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work o on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, p "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
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q For he says:
"By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
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r My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep."
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Shall s the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
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Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
Will send leanness among his fat ones;
And under his glory
He will kindle a burning
Like the burning of a fire.
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So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
t It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.
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And it will consume the glory of his forest and of u his fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
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Then the rest of the trees of his forest
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.
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And it shall come to pass in that day
That the remnant of Israel,
And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,
v Will never again depend on him who defeated them,
But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the w Mighty God.
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x For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,
y A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
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z For the Lord GOD of hosts
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the land.
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "O My people, who dwell in Zion, a do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of b Egypt.
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"For yet a very little while c and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction."
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And the LORD of hosts will stir up d a scourge for him like the slaughter of e Midian at the rock of Oreb; f as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
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It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of g the anointing oil.
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He has come to Aiath,
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
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They have gone along h the ridge,
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is afraid,
i Gibeah of Saul has fled.
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Lift up your voice,
O daughter j of Gallim!
Cause it to be heard as far as k Laish -
O poor Anathoth!
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l Madmenah has fled,
The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
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As yet he will remain m at Nob that day;
He will n shake his fist at the mount of o the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.
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Behold, the Lord,
The LORD of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
p Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
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He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
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Psalms 58:2
No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
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Job 31:14
What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
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Isaiah 13:6
Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Jeremiah 9:9
Shall I not punish them for these things? " says the LORD. "Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come; The days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
Luke 19:44
"and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation."
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Isaiah 5:26
He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.
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Isaiah 24:22
They will be gathered together, As prisoners are gathered in the pit, And will be shut up in the prison; After many days they will be punished.
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Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
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Jeremiah 51:20
You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms.
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Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, And every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
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2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Jeremiah 34:22
'Behold, I will command,' says the LORD, 'and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.'"
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Genesis 50:20
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Micah 4:11
Now also many nations have gathered against you, Who say, "Let her be defiled, And let our eye look upon Zion.
Micah 4:12
But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, Nor do they understand His counsel; For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death.
Acts 2:24
Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
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2 Kings 19:10
"Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
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Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Amos 6:2
Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?
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2 Chronicles 35:20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.
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2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
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2 Kings 19:31
For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon - That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
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2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
2 Chronicles 32:21
Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
Jeremiah 50:18
Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria.
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2 Kings 19:22 - 24
Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:24 - 27
By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
Ezekiel 28:4
With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?
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Job 31:25
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much.
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Jeremiah 51:20
You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms.
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Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke.
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2 Kings 19:23
By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest.
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2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
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Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Romans 9:27
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.
Romans 9:28
For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.
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Isaiah 6:13
But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.
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Isaiah 28:22
Now therefore, do not be mockers, Lest your bonds be made strong; For I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts, A destruction determined even upon the whole earth.
Daniel 9:27
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.
Romans 9:28
For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.
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Isaiah 7:4
And say to him: 'Take heed, and be quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; 'For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.'
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Exodus 14:1
Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past.
Daniel 11:36
Then the king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.
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2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
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Judges 7:25
And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
Isaiah 9:4
For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.
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Exodus 14:26
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.
Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
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Psalms 105:15
Saying, "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.
1 John 2:20
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
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1 Samuel 13:23
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
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1 Samuel 11:4
So the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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1 Samuel 25:44
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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Judges 18:7
So the five men departed and went to Laish. They saw the people who were there, how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the Sidonians, and they had no ties with anyone.
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Joshua 15:31
Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah.
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1 Samuel 21:1
Now David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid when he met David, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one is with you?
Nehemiah 11:32
In Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah.
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Isaiah 13:2
Lift up a banner on the high mountain, Raise your voice to them; Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
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Isaiah 37:22
This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: "The virgin, the daughter of Zion, Has despised you, laughed you to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem Has shaken her head behind your back!
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Isaiah 37:24
By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
Isaiah 37:36 - 38
Then the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
Ezekiel 31:3
Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs.
Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.
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