Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 22:1-9
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This is a message about the Valley of Vision. What is happening? Why are all the people of the city celebrating on the roofs of the houses?
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The whole city is in an uproar, filled with noise and excitement. Your people who died in this war did not die fighting.
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All your leaders ran away and were captured before they shot a single arrow.
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Now leave me alone to weep bitterly over all those of my people who have died. Don't try to comfort me.
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This is a time of panic, defeat, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the Sovereign LORD Almighty has sent it on us. The walls of our city have been battered down, and cries for help have echoed among the hills.
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The soldiers from the land of Elam came riding on horseback, armed with bows and arrows. Soldiers from the land of Kir had their shields ready.
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The fertile valleys of Judah were filled with chariots; soldiers on horseback stood in front of Jerusalem's gates.
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All of Judah's defenses crumbled. When that happened, you brought weapons out of the arsenal.
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You found the places where the walls of Jerusalem needed repair. You inspected all the houses in Jerusalem and tore some of them down to get stones to repair the city walls. In order to store water,
Jeremiah 50:2
"Tell the news to the nations! Proclaim it! Give the signal and announce the news! Do not keep it a secret! Babylon has fallen! Her god Marduk has been shattered! Babylon's idols are put to shame; her disgusting images are crushed!
Jeremiah 50:3
"A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there."
Jeremiah 50:21-46
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The LORD says, "Attack the people of Merathaim and of Pekod. Kill and destroy them. Do everything I command you. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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The noise of battle is heard in the land, and there is great destruction.
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Babylonia hammered the whole world to pieces, and now that hammer is shattered! All the nations are shocked at what has happened to that country.
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Babylonia, you fought against me, and you have been caught in the trap I set for you, even though you did not know it.
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I have opened the place where my weapons are stored, and in my anger I have taken them out, because I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have work to do in Babylonia.
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Attack it from every side and break open the places where its grain is stored! Pile up the loot like piles of grain! Destroy the country! Leave nothing at all!
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Kill all their soldiers! Slaughter them! The people of Babylonia are doomed! The time has come for them to be punished!"
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(Refugees escape from Babylonia and come to Jerusalem, and they tell how the LORD our God took revenge for what the Babylonians had done to his Temple.)
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"Tell the archers to attack Babylon. Send out everyone who knows how to use the bow and arrow. Surround the city and don't let anyone escape. Pay it back for all it has done, and treat it as it has treated others, because it acted with pride against me, the Holy One of Israel.
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So its young men will be killed in the city streets, and all its soldiers will be destroyed on that day. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"Babylonia, you are filled with pride, so I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, am against you! The time has come for me to punish you.
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Your proud nation will stumble and fall, and no one will help you up. I will set your cities on fire, and everything around will be destroyed."
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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.
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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."
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The LORD says, "Death to Babylonia! Death to its people, to its rulers, to its people of wisdom.
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Death to its lying prophets--- what fools they are! Death to its soldiers--- how terrified they are!
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Destroy its horses and chariots! Death to its hired soldiers--- how weak they are! Destroy its treasures; plunder and loot.
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Bring a drought on its land and dry up its rivers. Babylonia is a land of terrifying idols that have made fools of the people.
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"And so Babylon will be haunted by demons and evil spirits, and by unclean birds. Never again will people live there, not for all time to come.
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The same thing will happen to Babylon that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when I destroyed them and the nearby towns. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"People are coming from a country in the north, a mighty nation far away; many kings are preparing for war.
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They have taken their bows and swords; they are cruel and merciless. They sound like the roaring sea, as they ride their horses. They are ready for battle against Babylonia.
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The king of Babylonia hears the news, and his hands hang limp. He is seized by anguish, by pain like a woman in labor.
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"Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan up to the green pasture land, I, the LORD, will come and make the Babylonians run away suddenly from their city. 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 city of Babylon and to what I intend to do to its people. Even their children will be dragged off, and everyone will be horrified.
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When Babylon falls, there will be such a noise that the entire earth will shake, and the cries of alarm will be heard by the other nations."
Jeremiah 51:11
The LORD has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylonia. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command, "Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!
Jeremiah 51:27
"Give the signal to attack! Blow the trumpet so that the nations can hear! Prepare the nations for war against Babylonia! Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack. Appoint an officer to lead the attack. Bring up the horses like a swarm of locusts.
Jeremiah 51:28
Prepare the nations for war against Babylonia. Send for the kings of Media, their leaders and officials, and the armies of all the countries they control.
Ezekiel 38:3-23
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and tell him that I, the Sovereign LORD, am his enemy.
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I will turn him around, put hooks in his jaws, and drag him and all his troops away. His army, with its horses and uniformed riders, is enormous, and every soldier carries a shield and is armed with a sword.
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Troops from Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with him, and all have shields and helmets.
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All the fighting men of the lands of Gomer and Beth Togarmah in the north are with him, and so are men from many other nations.
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Tell him to get ready and have all his troops ready at his command.
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After many years I will order him to invade a country where the people were brought back together from many nations and have lived without fear of war. He will invade the mountains of Israel, which were desolate and deserted so long, but where all the people now live in safety.
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He and his army and the many nations with him will attack like a storm and cover the land like a cloud."
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This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Gog: "When that time comes, you will start thinking up an evil plan.
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You will decide to invade a helpless country where the people live in peace and security in unwalled towns that have no defenses.
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You will plunder and loot the people who live in cities that were once in ruins. They have been gathered from the nations, and now they have livestock and property and live at the crossroads of the world.
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The people of Sheba and Dedan and the merchants from the towns of Spain will ask you, 'Have you assembled your army and attacked in order to loot and plunder? Do you intend to get silver and gold, livestock and property, and march off with all those spoils?' "
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So the Sovereign LORD sent me to tell Gog what he was saying to him: "Now while my people Israel live in security, you will set out
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to come from your place in the far north, leading a large, powerful army of soldiers from many nations, all of them on horseback.
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You will attack my people Israel like a storm moving across the land. When the time comes, I will send you to invade my land in order to show the nations who I am, to show my holiness by what I do through you.
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You are the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through my servants, the prophets of Israel, that in days to come I would bring someone to attack Israel." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
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The Sovereign LORD says, "On the day when Gog invades Israel, I will become furious.
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I declare in the heat of my anger that on that day there will be a severe earthquake in the land of Israel.
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Every fish and bird, every animal large and small, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble for fear of me. Mountains will fall, cliffs will crumble, and every wall will collapse.
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I will terrify Gog with all sorts of calamities. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. His men will turn their swords against one another.
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I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. Torrents of rain and hail, together with fire and sulfur, will pour down on him and his army and on the many nations that are on his side.
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In this way I will show all the nations that I am great and that I am holy. They will know then that I am the LORD."
Joel 3:14
Thousands and thousands are in the Valley of Judgment. It is there that the day of the LORD will soon come.
Zechariah 14:1-3
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The day when the LORD will sit in judgment is near. Then Jerusalem will be looted, and the loot will be divided up before your eyes.
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The LORD will bring all the nations together to make war on Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people will go into exile, but the rest of them will not be taken away from the city.
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Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.
Zechariah 14:13-3
Zechariah 14:14-3
Revelation 19:11-21
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Then I saw heaven open, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True; it is with justice that he judges and fights his battles.
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His eyes were like a flame of fire, and he wore many crowns on his head. He had a name written on him, but no one except himself knows what it is.
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The robe he wore was covered with blood. His name is "The Word of God."
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The armies of heaven followed him, riding on white horses and dressed in clean white linen.
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Out of his mouth came a sharp sword, with which he will defeat the nations. He will rule over them with a rod of iron, and he will trample out the wine in the wine press of the furious anger of the Almighty God.
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On his robe and on his thigh was written the name: "King of kings and Lord of lords."
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Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair: "Come and gather together for God's great feast!
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Come and eat the flesh of kings, generals, and soldiers, the flesh of horses and their riders, the flesh of all people, slave and free, great and small!"
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Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to fight against the one who was riding the horse and against his army.
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The beast was taken prisoner, together with the false prophet who had performed miracles in his presence. (It was by those miracles that he had deceived those who had the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped the image of the beast.) The beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
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Their armies were killed by the sword that comes out of the mouth of the one who was riding the horse; and all the birds ate all they could of their flesh.
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Joel 2:4-11
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They look like horses; they run like war-horses.
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As they leap on the tops of the mountains, they rattle like chariots; they crackle like dry grass on fire. They are lined up like a great army ready for battle.
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As they approach, everyone is terrified; every face turns pale.
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They attack like warriors; they climb the walls like soldiers. They all keep marching straight ahead and do not change direction
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or get in each other's way. They swarm through defenses, and nothing can stop them.
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They rush against the city; they run over the walls; they climb up the houses and go in through the windows like thieves.
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The earth shakes as they advance; the sky trembles. The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.
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The LORD thunders commands to his army. The troops that obey him are many and mighty. How terrible is the day of the LORD! Who will survive it?
Revelation 9:7-19
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The locusts looked like horses ready for battle; on their heads they had what seemed to be crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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Their hair was like women's hair, their teeth were like lions' teeth.
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Their chests were covered with what looked like iron breastplates, and the sound made by their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.
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They have tails and stings like those of a scorpion, and it is with their tails that they have the power to hurt people for five months.
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They have a king ruling over them, who is the angel in charge of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon; in Greek the name is Apollyon (meaning "The Destroyer").
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The first horror is over; after this there are still two more horrors to come.
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Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the gold altar standing before God.
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The voice said to the sixth angel, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River!"
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The four angels were released; for this very hour of this very day of this very month and year they had been kept ready to kill a third of all the human race.
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I was told the number of the mounted troops: it was two hundred million.
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And in my vision I saw the horses and their riders: they had breastplates red as fire, blue as sapphire, and yellow as sulfur. The horses' heads were like lions' heads, and from their mouths came out fire, smoke, and sulfur.
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A third of the human race was killed by those three plagues: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur coming out of the horses' mouths.
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For the power of the horses is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like snakes with heads, and they use them to hurt people.
the Lord
Isaiah 10:5
The LORD said, "Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry.
Isaiah 10:6
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."
Isaiah 45:1
The LORD has chosen Cyrus to be king. He has appointed him to conquer nations; he sends him to strip kings of their power; the LORD will open the gates of cities for him. To Cyrus the LORD says,
Isaiah 45:2
"I myself will prepare your way, leveling mountains and hills. I will break down bronze gates and smash their iron bars.
Jeremiah 50:14
"Archers, line up for battle against Babylon and surround it. Shoot all your arrows at Babylon, because it has sinned against me, the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:15
Raise the war cry all around the city! Now Babylon has surrendered. Its walls have been broken through and torn down. I am taking my revenge on the Babylonians. So take your revenge on them, and treat them as they have treated others.
Jeremiah 51:6-25
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Run away from Babylonia! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylonia's sin. I am now taking my revenge and punishing it as it deserves.
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Babylonia was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.
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Babylonia has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed.
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Foreigners living there said, 'We tried to help Babylonia, but it was too late. Let's leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylonia with all his might and has destroyed it completely.' "
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The LORD says, "My people shout, 'The LORD has shown that we are in the right. Let's go and tell the people in Jerusalem what the LORD our God has done.' "
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The LORD has stirred up the kings of Media, because he intends to destroy Babylonia. That is how he will take revenge for the destruction of his Temple. The attacking officers command, "Sharpen your arrows! Get your shields ready!
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Give the signal to attack Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard! Post the sentries! Place troops in ambush!" The LORD has done what he said he would do to the people of Babylonia.
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That country has many rivers and rich treasures, but its time is up, and its thread of life is cut.
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The LORD Almighty has sworn by his own life that he will bring many men to attack Babylonia like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.
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The LORD made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.
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At his command the waters above the sky roar; he brings clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash in the rain and sends the wind from his storeroom.
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At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless.
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They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the LORD comes to deal with them.
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The God of Jacob is not like them; he is the one who made everything, and he has chosen Israel to be his very own people. The LORD Almighty is his name.
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The LORD says, "Babylonia, you are my hammer, my weapon of war. I used you to crush nations and kingdoms,
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to shatter horses and riders, to shatter chariots and their drivers,
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to kill men and women, to slay old and young, to kill boys and girls,
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to slaughter shepherds and their flocks, to slaughter farmers and their plow horses, to crush rulers and high officials."
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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.
Joel 2:1-11
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Blow the trumpet; sound the alarm on Zion, God's sacred hill. Tremble, people of Judah! The day of the LORD is coming soon.
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It will be a dark and gloomy day, a black and cloudy day. The great army of locusts advances like darkness spreading over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, and there never will be again.
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Like fire they eat up the plants. In front of them the land is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them it is a barren desert. Nothing escapes them.
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They look like horses; they run like war-horses.
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As they leap on the tops of the mountains, they rattle like chariots; they crackle like dry grass on fire. They are lined up like a great army ready for battle.
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As they approach, everyone is terrified; every face turns pale.
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They attack like warriors; they climb the walls like soldiers. They all keep marching straight ahead and do not change direction
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or get in each other's way. They swarm through defenses, and nothing can stop them.
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They rush against the city; they run over the walls; they climb up the houses and go in through the windows like thieves.
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The earth shakes as they advance; the sky trembles. The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.
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The LORD thunders commands to his army. The troops that obey him are many and mighty. How terrible is the day of the LORD! Who will survive it?
Joel 2:25-11
Revelation 18:8
Because of this, in one day she will be struck with plagues--- disease, grief, and famine. And she will be burned with fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is mighty."