Bible Cross References
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Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring against you a nation from the ends of the earth, a nation whose language you do not know. They will swoop down on you like an eagle.
2 Samuel 1:23
"Saul and Jonathan, so wonderful and dear; together in life, together in death; swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
Isaiah 5:28
Their arrows are sharp, and their bows are ready to shoot. Their horses' hoofs are as hard as flint, and their chariot wheels turn like a whirlwind.
Isaiah 5:29
The soldiers roar like lions that have killed an animal and are carrying it off where no one can take it away from them.
Jeremiah 4:7
Like a lion coming from its hiding place, a destroyer of nations has set out. He is coming to destroy Judah. The cities of Judah will be left in ruins, and no one will live in them.
Jeremiah 4:13
Look, the enemy is coming like clouds. Their war chariots are like a whirlwind, and their horses are faster than eagles. We are lost! We are doomed!
Jeremiah 25:38
The LORD has abandoned his people like a lion that leaves its cave. The horrors of war and the LORD's fierce anger have turned the country into a desert.
Jeremiah 48:40
The LORD has promised that a nation will swoop down on Moab like an eagle with its outspread wings,
Lamentations 4:19
Swifter than eagles swooping from the sky, they chased us down. They tracked us down in the hills; they took us by surprise in the desert.
Ezekiel 17:3
to let them know what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to them: There was a giant eagle with beautiful feathers and huge wings, spread wide. He flew to the Lebanon Mountains and broke off the top of a cedar tree,
Habakkuk 1:6-8
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I am bringing the Babylonians to power, those fierce, restless people. They are marching out across the world to conquer other lands.
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They spread fear and terror, and in their pride they are a law to themselves.
8
"Their horses are faster than leopards, fiercer than hungry wolves. Their cavalry troops come riding from distant lands; their horses paw the ground. They come swooping down like eagles attacking their prey.
Matthew 24:28
"Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will gather.
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Daniel 4:31-33
31
Before the words were out of his mouth, a voice spoke from heaven, "King Nebuchadnezzar, listen to what I say! Your royal power is now taken away from you.
32
You will be driven away from human society, live with wild animals, and eat grass like an ox for seven years. Then you will acknowledge that the Supreme God has power over human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses."
33
The words came true immediately. Nebuchadnezzar was driven out of human society and ate grass like an ox. The dew fell on his body, and his hair grew as long as eagle feathers and his nails as long as bird claws.
Jeremiah 50:30-32
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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.
31
"Babylonia, you are filled with pride, so I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, am against you! The time has come for me to punish you.
32
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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Daniel 4:30
he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."
Daniel 5:18-23
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"The Supreme God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great king and gave him dignity and majesty.
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He was so great that people of all nations, races, and languages were afraid of him and trembled. If he wanted to kill someone, he did; if he wanted to keep someone alive, he did. He honored or disgraced anyone he wanted to.
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But because he became proud, stubborn, and cruel, he was removed from his royal throne and lost his place of honor.
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He was driven away from human society, and his mind became like that of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like an ox, and slept in the open air with nothing to protect him from the dew. Finally he admitted that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and can give them to anyone he chooses.
22
"But you, his son, have not humbled yourself, even though you knew all this.
23
You acted against the Lord of heaven and brought in the cups and bowls taken from his Temple. You, your noblemen, your wives, and your concubines drank wine out of them and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone---gods that cannot see or hear and that do not know anything. But you did not honor the God who determines whether you live or die and who controls everything you do.
Isaiah 14:13-17
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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.
16
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?"
Jeremiah 25:9-26
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'I am going to send for all the peoples from the north and for my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. I am going to bring them to fight against Judah and its inhabitants and against all the neighboring nations. I am going to destroy this nation and its neighbors and leave them in ruins forever, a terrible and shocking sight. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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I will silence their shouts of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. They will have no oil for their lamps, and there will be no more grain.
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This whole land will be left in ruins and will be a shocking sight, and the neighboring nations will serve the king of Babylonia for seventy years.
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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.
13
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.
14
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."
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So I took the cup from the LORD's hand, gave it to all the nations to whom the LORD had sent me, and made them drink from it.
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Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah, together with its kings and leaders, were made to drink from it, so that they would become a desert, a terrible and shocking sight, and so that people would use their name as a curse---as they still do.
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Here is the list of all the others who had to drink from the cup: the king of Egypt, his officials and leaders; all the Egyptians and all the foreigners in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod; all the people of Edom, Moab, and Ammon; all the kings of Tyre and Sidon; all the kings of the Mediterranean lands; the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz; all the people who cut their hair short; all the kings of Arabia; all the kings of the desert tribes; all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media; all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another. Every nation on the face of the earth had to drink from it. Last of all, the king of Babylonia will drink from it.
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(SEE 25:19)
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Habakkuk 2:5-10
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Wealth is deceitful. Greedy people are proud and restless---like death itself they are never satisfied. That is why they conquer nation after nation for themselves.
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The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, "You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?"
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But before you know it, you that have conquered others will be in debt yourselves and be forced to pay interest. Enemies will come and make you tremble. They will plunder you!
8
You have plundered the people of many nations, but now those who have survived will plunder you because of the murders you have committed and because of your violence against the people of the world and its cities.
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You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
10
But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself.
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Daniel 4:32
You will be driven away from human society, live with wild animals, and eat grass like an ox for seven years. Then you will acknowledge that the Supreme God has power over human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses."
Daniel 4:36
"When my sanity returned, my honor, my majesty, and the glory of my kingdom were given back to me. My officials and my noblemen welcomed me, and I was given back my royal power with even greater honor than before.
Job 25:6
Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect? What is a human life worth in God's eyes?
Psalm 9:20
Make them afraid, O LORD; make them know that they are only mortal beings.
Ezekiel 28:2
"Mortal man," he said, "tell the ruler of Tyre what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to him: Puffed up with pride, you claim to be a god. You say that like a god you sit on a throne, surrounded by the seas. You may pretend to be a god, but, no, you are mortal, not divine.
Ezekiel 28:9
When they come to kill you, will you still claim that you are a god? When you face your murderers, you will be mortal and not at all divine.