Bible Cross References
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there, with the graves of her soldiers all around. They were all killed in battle, and they went down, uncircumcised, to the world of the dead. In life they spread terror, but now they lie dead and disgraced.
Ezekiel 32:26
"Meshech and Tubal are there, with the graves of their soldiers all around. They are all uncircumcised, all killed in battle. Yet once they terrified the living.
Ezekiel 32:29
"Edom is there with her kings and rulers. They were powerful soldiers, but now they lie in the world of the dead with the uncircumcised who were killed in battle.
Ezekiel 32:30
"All the princes of the north are there, and so are the Sidonians. Their power once spread terror, but now they go down in disgrace with those killed in battle and are laid to rest, uncircumcised. They share the disgrace of those who go down to the world of the dead.
Ezekiel 31:3-18
3
You are like a cedar in Lebanon, With beautiful, shady branches, A tree so tall it reaches the clouds.
4
There was water to make it grow, And underground rivers to feed it. They watered the place where the tree was growing And sent streams to all the trees of the forest.
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Because it was well-watered, It grew taller than other trees. Its branches grew thick and long.
6
Every kind of bird built nests in its branches; The wild animals bore their young in its shelter; The nations of the world rested in its shade.
7
How beautiful the tree was--- So tall, with such long branches. Its roots reached down to the deep-flowing streams.
8
No cedar in God's garden could compare with it. No fir tree ever had such branches, And no plane tree such limbs. No tree in God's own garden was so beautiful.
9
I made it beautiful, with spreading branches. It was the envy of every tree in Eden, the garden of God.
10
"Now then, I, the Sovereign LORD, will tell you what is going to happen to that tree that grew until it reached the clouds. As it grew taller it grew proud;
11
so I have rejected it and will let a foreign ruler have it. He will give that tree what it deserves for its wickedness.
12
Ruthless foreigners will cut it down and leave it. Its branches and broken limbs will fall on every mountain and valley in the country. All the nations that have been living in its shade will go away.
13
The birds will come and perch on the fallen tree, and the wild animals will walk over its branches.
14
And so from now on, no tree, no matter how well-watered it is, will grow that tall again or push its top through the clouds and reach such a height. All of them are doomed to die like mortals, doomed to join those who go down to the world of the dead."
15
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "On the day when the tree goes to the world of the dead, I will make the underground waters cover it as a sign of mourning. I will hold back the rivers and not let the many streams flow out. Because the tree has died, I will bring darkness over the Lebanon Mountains and make all the trees of the forest wither.
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When I send it down to the world of the dead, the noise of its downfall will shake the nations. All the trees of Eden and all the choice, well-watered trees of Lebanon who have gone to the world below will be pleased at its downfall.
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.
18
"The tree is the king of Egypt and all his people. Not even the trees in Eden were so tall and impressive. But now, like the trees of Eden, it will go down to the world of the dead and join the ungodly and those killed in battle. I have spoken," says the Sovereign LORD.
Numbers 24:24
Invaders will sail from Cyprus; They will conquer Assyria and Eber, But they, in turn, will perish forever."
Psalm 83:8-10
8
Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
9
Do to them what you did to the Midianites, and to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
10
You defeated them at Endor, and their bodies rotted on the ground.
Assur
Isaiah 30:33
Long ago a place was prepared where a huge fire will burn the emperor of Assyria. It is deep and wide, and piled high with wood. The LORD will breathe out a stream of flame to set it on fire.
Isaiah 37:36-38
36
An angel of the LORD went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers. At dawn the next day there they lay, all dead!
37
Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh.
38
One day when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.
Nahum 1:7-12
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The LORD is good; he protects his people in times of trouble; he takes care of those who turn to him.
8
Like a great rushing flood he completely destroys his enemies; he sends to their death those who oppose him.
9
What are you plotting against the LORD? He will destroy you. No one opposes him more than once.
10
Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!
11
From you, Nineveh, there came someone full of wicked schemes, who plotted against the LORD.
12
This is what the LORD says to his people Israel: "Even though the Assyrians are strong and numerous, they will be destroyed and disappear. My people, I made you suffer, but I will not do it again.
Nahum 3:1-19
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Doomed is the lying, murderous city, full of wealth to be looted and plundered!
2
Listen! The crack of the whip, the rattle of wheels, the gallop of horses, the jolting of chariots!
3
Cavalry troops charge, swords flash, spears gleam! Corpses are piled high, dead bodies without number--- men stumble over them!
4
Nineveh the whore is being punished. Attractive and full of deadly charms, she enchanted nations and enslaved them.
5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will punish you, Nineveh! I will strip you naked and let the nations see you, see you in all your shame.
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I will treat you with contempt and cover you with filth. People will stare at you in horror.
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All who see you will shrink back. They will say, 'Nineveh lies in ruins! Who has any sympathy for her? Who will want to comfort her?' "
8
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.
9
She ruled Ethiopia and Egypt, there was no limit to her power; Libya was her ally.
10
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.
11
Nineveh, you too will fall into a drunken stupor! You too will try to escape from your enemies.
12
All your fortresses will be like fig trees with ripe figs: shake the trees, and the fruit falls right into your mouth!
13
Your soldiers are helpless, and your country stands defenseless before your enemies. Fire will destroy the bars across your gates.
14
Draw water to prepare for a siege, and strengthen your fortresses! Trample the clay to make bricks, and get the brick molds ready!
15
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!
16
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.
17
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!
18
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.
19
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?