1 This is the message Jehovah revealed to Habakkuk the prophet:
2 How long, O Jehovah (YHWH), will I call for help and you do not hear? I cry out to you, save me from violence! And yet you do not save.
3 Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
4 The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.
5 »Look among the nations, watch, and be amazed. Though you are told you will not believe the work I do today.
6 »Behold, I bring the Chaldeans to power, that bitter and impetuous nation. They march through the expanse of the earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7 »They are feared and dreaded. Their justice and dignity are of their own being.
8 »Their horses are swifter than leopards. They are fiercer than the evening wolves. Their horsemen proudly press on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle in a hurry to eat.
9 »They all come for violence. Their crowds look straight ahead and gather prisoners like the sand.
10 »They scoff at kings, and princes are derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build earthen ramps and capture them.
11 »They will sweep by like a wind and continue on. They will be held guilty for might is their god.«
12 You are from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One, You are eternal. O Jehovah, you have appointed them (the Chaldean) to execute judgment. You, O Rock, have established them for correction.
13 Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?
14 Why do you make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
15 He brings them all up with the hook. He gathers them away in his net. He gladly gathers them and rejoices.
16 He offers sacrifices and burns incense to his fishing net. For it is through this their catch is great and the food is plentiful.
17 Will they keep on emptying their nets and keep on destroying nations without mercy?
Habakkuk Cross References - NSB
Genesis 41:49
49 Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea. He finally stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
Exodus 23:2
2 »Do not follow the majority to do wrong. Do not give testimony that perverts justice.
Exodus 23:6
6 »Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.
Deuteronomy 8:17
17 »When you succeed do not brag: ‘I am rich. I earned it all myself.’«
Deuteronomy 4:27
27 »Jehovah will scatter you among the nations. You will become few in number among the heathen, where Jehovah will lead you.
Deuteronomy 5:19
19 »‘Do not steal.
Deuteronomy 5:27
27 »‘They spoke to Moses: ‘Moses, go and listen to everything that Jehovah our God says. Then tell us whatever Jehovah our God tells you. We will listen and obey.’
Deuteronomy 28:49-52
49 »Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
Deuteronomy 28:49
49 »Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
50 a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.
51 »They will eat the offspring of your animals and the crops from your fields until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, no new wine, no olive oil, no calves from your herds, and no lambs or kids from your flocks. They will continue to do this until you are completely desolate.
52 »They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls you trust come down everywhere in your land. They will blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 32:4
4 »He is the Rock! His work is perfect. For all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without evil. He is just and upright.
Deuteronomy 32:30-31
Deuteronomy 33:27
27 »The eternal God is a dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy from before you, and said: ‘Destroy!’
Deuteronomy 16:19
19 »Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.
Judges 7:12
12 The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. They had so many camels they could not be counted. They were as plentiful as there are grains of sand on the seashore.
1 Samuel 2:2
2 »No one is as holy as Jehovah. There is none beside you. Neither is there any rock like our God.
2 Samuel 4:11
11 »How much more should I reward wicked men who kill an innocent man on his own bed in his home? Jehovah has rescued me from every trouble. I solemnly swear, as Jehovah lives, I will now seek revenge for his murder and rid the land of you.«
1 Kings 2:32
32 »Jehovah will punish Joab for those murders he committed without my father David's knowledge. Joab killed two innocent men who were better men than he: Abner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, commander of the army of Judah.
1 Kings 21:13
13 The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: »Naboth has been cursing God and the king.« Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
2 Kings 19:25
25 »Have you not heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.
2 Kings 24:2
2 Jehovah sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as Jehovah predicted through his servants the prophets.
2 Kings 24:12
12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his sons, his officers, and the palace officials, surrendered to the Babylonians. In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign he took Jehoiachin prisoner.
2 Kings 25:6-7
2 Chronicles 36:6
6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim and put him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:10
10 In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from Jehovah’s Temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin’s uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:17
17 So he had the Babylonian king attack them and execute their best young men in their holy temple. He did not spare the best men or the unmarried women, the old people or the sick people. God handed all of them over to him.
Esther 4:14
14 »If at this time you say nothing. Then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place. But you and your father's family will come to destruction. Who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?«
Job 15:15
15 »If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
Job 21:7
7 »Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and become mighty in power?
Job 29:18
18 »Then I thought: I shall die in my nest (house), and I shall multiply my days like the grains of sand.
Psalms 10:1-2
Psalms 10:9
9 He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net.
Psalms 10:15
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Pursue his wickedness until you find no more evil.
Psalms 11:3
3 What can a righteous person do when the foundations of life are destroyed?
4 Jehovah is in his holy temple. Jehovah’s throne is in heaven. His eyes see. They examine the sons of men.
5 Jehovah tests (examines) righteous and wicked people alike. He hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.
6 He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
7 Jehovah is righteous. He loves a righteous way of life. Upright people will see his face (contemplate his presence).
Psalms 12:1-2
Psalms 5:4-5
Psalms 13:1-2
Psalms 17:13
13 Arise, O Jehovah and confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from the wicked.
Psalms 18:1
1 ([Psalm of David]) I love you, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psalms 34:15-16
Psalms 22:1-2
Psalms 22:16
16 Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 35:22
22 Now you see it, O Jehovah. Do not remain silent. O Jehovah, do not be so far away from me.
Psalms 37:12-15
12 The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds at him with his teeth.
13 Jehovah laughs at him, for he sees that his day will come.
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to throw down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who are upright in conduct.
15 Their sword will enter their own heart. Their bows will be broken.
Psalms 50:3
3 Our God will come and will not keep silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm is around him.
Psalms 55:9-11
Psalms 56:1-2
Psalms 58:1-2
Psalms 59:2
2 Deliver me from troublemakers. Save me from bloodthirsty people.
Psalms 59:4
4 And not because any sin or any guilt on my part. They hurry to take positions against me. Wake up, and help me; see for yourself.
Psalms 73:3-9
3 I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
Psalms 73:3
3 I was envious of arrogant people when I saw the peace and prosperity that wicked people enjoy.
4 They suffer no pain. Their bodies are healthy.
5 They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued with problems like mankind.
6 That is why arrogance is their necklace and violence covers them like clothing.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their heart’s imagination run wild.
8 They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
9 They set their mouth in the heavens and their tongue parades through the earth.
Psalms 74:9-10
Psalms 37:32-33
Psalms 50:21
21 »When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.
Psalms 90:2
2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and its inhabitants, you are God from everlasting to everlasting.
Psalms 93:2
2 Your throne is established from of old. You are from everlasting.
Psalms 94:3
3 O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult?
Psalms 94:20-21
Psalms 82:1-5
1 ([Psalm of Asaph]) God stands in the congregation of the mighty. He pronounces judgment among the god-like ones: (John 10:35)
2 »How long are you going to judge unjustly? How long are you going to show partiality to the wicked?
3 »Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.
4 »Rescue the weak and needy. Help them escape the power of the wicked.«
5 Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.
Psalms 83:1
1 O God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent and do not be still, O God.
Psalms 118:17
17 I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim the works of Jehovah.
Psalms 119:126
126 It is time for Jehovah to act. They have broken your law.
Psalms 120:5-6
Proverbs 6:7
7 The lowly ant has no guide or overseer.
Psalms 139:18
18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
Proverbs 31:8-9
Ecclesiastes 4:1
1 I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed for they had no one to comfort them. The oppressors had power but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
8 If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.
Isaiah 5:20
20 You are doomed! You call evil good and you call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter, sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter.
Isaiah 5:26-28
26 Jehovah raises up a flag for the nations far away. With a whistle he signals those at the ends of the earth. Look, they are coming very quickly!
27 None of them grow tired or stumble. None of them slumber or sleep. The belts on their waists are not loose or their sandal straps broken.
28 Their arrows are sharpened. All their bows are strung and ready to shoot. Their horses' hoofs are as hard as flint. Their chariot wheels are as quick as the wind.
Isaiah 14:6
6 »They struck the people with fury, with blows that did not stop. They ruled nations in anger, persecuting them without restraint.
Isaiah 14:16
16 »‘Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms,
Isaiah 14:16-17
Isaiah 18:7
7 »At that time gifts will be brought to Jehovah of Hosts from a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people who are feared far and near. It will be a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers. They will be brought to Mount Zion, the place where the name of Jehovah of Hosts is.«
Isaiah 19:8
8 The fishermen will groan and lament. All who cast hooks into the Nile and throw nets on the water will be weak and sick.
Isaiah 21:2
2 I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering that Babylon has caused.
Isaiah 22:1
1 What troubles you now that you have all gone up on the roof?
Isaiah 27:6-10
6 In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill the entire world with fruit.
7 Has Jehovah struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?
8 By warfare and exile you contend with her. With his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.
Isaiah 27:8-10
8 By warfare and exile you contend with her. With his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.
9 By this Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin. When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
10 The fortified city stands desolate, abandoned settlements, forsaken like the desert. There the calves will graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
Isaiah 28:21-22
21 Jehovah 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.
22 Do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong. For I have heard from the Sovereign Lord Jehovah of Hosts that destruction is determined (decreed) upon the whole earth.
Isaiah 29:9
9 Stand still and wonder. Refuse to see and be blind. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.
Isaiah 29:14
14 »I will do things that shock and amaze them. I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand (discern).«
Isaiah 33:1
1 Woe to you who destroy for you have not been destroyed! Woe to you who betray for you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying you will be betrayed.
Isaiah 1:21-23
21 How the faithful town has become a prostitute! She was full of justice, and righteousness lived in her. But now murderers live there!
22 Your silver is not pure. Your beer is watered down.
23 Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Isaiah 10:5-7
5 »How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.
6 »I send him against a godless nation. I commission him against the people of my fury to capture booty and to seize plunder, and to trample them down like mud (clay) in the streets.
7 »But the Assyrian emperor has his own violent plans in mind. He is determined to destroy many nations.
Isaiah 10:13-15
13 »‘The king of Assyria says: By the strength of my hand I have done it. By my wisdom and understanding I have done it! I am prudent! Also I have removed the boundaries of the nations. I have robbed their treasuries. I have brought down people like a mighty man!
14 »‘I found the riches of nations as one finds a nest. I gathered the whole world as one gathers abandoned eggs. Not one of them flapped a wing, opened its mouth, or peeped.’«
15 Can an ax attack the person who cuts with it? Can a saw make itself greater than the person who saws with it? A rod cannot move the person who lifts it. A wooden stick cannot pick up a person.
Isaiah 23:13
13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans. This is the people that were not. Assyria appointed it for desert creatures. They erected their siege towers and they stripped its palaces. They made it a ruin!
Isaiah 37:24
24 »By your messengers you have heaped insults on Jehovah. You said: With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I reach its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.
Isaiah 37:26
26 »Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it! And now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
Isaiah 39:6-7
6 »‘The time will come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Jehovah.
7 »‘Some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away! They will become officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.’«
Isaiah 43:15
15 »I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.«
Isaiah 49:7
7 Israel’s Holy God and Savior says to the one who is deeply despised, hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: »Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect. Princes will also see it and they will bow low to honor you.«
Isaiah 40:28
28 »Do you not know? Have you not heard? JEHOVAH IS THE EVERLASTING GOD, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and no one can measure (find out) his understanding.
Isaiah 57:15
15 The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: ‘I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.’
Isaiah 59:2-8
2 But your wrongs have separated you from your God. Your sins have made him hide his face so that he does not even hear you.
3 Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers are desecrated with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5 They hatch viper eggs and weave spider webs. Those who eat their eggs will die. When an egg is crushed, a poisonous snake is hatched.
6 Their webs cannot be used for clothes. They cannot cover themselves with their works for their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.
7 Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.
8 They do not know the way of peace. There is no justice on their highways. They made their paths crooked. Those who walk on them will never know peace.
Isaiah 59:13-15
13 We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.
14 Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty cannot come in.
15 Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil become victims. Jehovah sees it, and what he saw displeased him because there is no justice.
Isaiah 64:12
12 Despite these things, Jehovah, will you restrain yourself? Will you be silent and make us suffer beyond measure?
Jeremiah 1:15-16
15 »I am going to call every family and kingdom from the north, says Jehovah. They will come, and they will set up their thrones at the entrance of Jerusalem's gates. They will attack all the walls around the city and all the cities of Judah.
16 »I will pronounce judgment against my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me. They burned incense to other gods. They worshiped what their hands have made.
Jeremiah 4:6
6 »Raise the flag to signal people to go to Zion. Take cover! Do not just stand there! I am bringing disaster and widespread destruction from the north.
7 »A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place and is on his way to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined. No one will live in them.
8 »Dress in sackcloth, beat your breasts (mourn), and cry because Jehovah’s burning anger has not turned back from us.
Jeremiah 4:11
11 Then it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem: »A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert toward my people. It will not be a wind that winnows or cleanses.
Jeremiah 4:11-12
11 Then it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem: »A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert toward my people. It will not be a wind that winnows or cleanses.
12 »It will be a stronger wind than that. It will come from me. Now, I will pass sentence on them.
13 »The enemy comes up like clouds. His chariots are like a raging wind. His horses are swifter than eagles. How horable it will be for us! We will be destroyed!«
Jeremiah 4:27
27 Jehovah says: »The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not entirely destroy it.
Jeremiah 5:6
6 That is why lions from the forest will kill them. Wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.
Jeremiah 5:12-13
Jeremiah 5:15
15 »I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel, declares Jehovah. It is an enduring nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know. You cannot understand (comprehend) (make sense of) what they say.
Jeremiah 5:15-17
15 »I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel, declares Jehovah. It is an enduring nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know. You cannot understand (comprehend) (make sense of) what they say.
16 »Their quiver is like an open grave. All of them are mighty men.
17 »They will devour your harvest and your food. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will devour your flocks and your herds. They will devour your vines and your fig trees. They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.
18 »Yet even in those days, says Jehovah, I will not make you a complete destruction.
Jeremiah 5:27-29
27 »Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich.
28 »They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
29 »I will punish them for these things,« declares Jehovah. »I will punish these people!
Jeremiah 6:22-23
22 Jehovah says: »Behold, a people is coming from the northland! A great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.
23 »They seize bow and spear. They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses. They are arrayed as a man for the battle against you, O daughter of Zion!«
Jeremiah 9:2-6
2 I wish I had a dwelling in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. »They do not know me,« says Jehovah.
4 »Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor. Do not trust any brother because every brother deals craftily (cunningly), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
5 »Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
6 »You live in the middle of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me,« says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:25-26
25 »The days are coming,« proclaims Jehovah, »when I will punish all who are circumcised [only in the flesh]. Yet they are not circumcised [in the heart].
26 »I will punish Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, and Moab. I will punish all who shave the hair on their foreheads or live in the desert. Even though all these nations are uncircumcised, all Israel has uncircumcised hearts.«
Jeremiah 12:1
1 Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?
Jeremiah 12:1-2
1 Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?
2 You plant them, and they take root. They grow and bear fruit. You are near their lips, but far from their mind.
Jeremiah 12:6
6 »Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you. They join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.
Jeremiah 14:9
9 Why are you like someone taken by surprise, like a mighty man who cannot help? You, O Jehovah, are among us. We are called by your name. Do not leave us!
Jeremiah 15:8
8 »Their widows will be more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashore. At noontime I will send a destroyer against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring anguish and terror to them.
Jeremiah 16:16
16 »I am going to send for many fishermen,« says Jehovah, »and they will catch the people of Israel. After that, I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt for them on every mountain and hill and even in the cracks in the rocks.
Jeremiah 18:18
18 Then they said: »Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise man, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike him with our tongue, and let us pay no attention to any of his words.«
Jeremiah 25:9
9 so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,« says Jehovah. »I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
Jeremiah 25:9-14
9 so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,« says Jehovah. »I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
Jeremiah 25:9-26
9 so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,« says Jehovah. »I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
10 »I will take from them the sounds of joy and happiness, the sounds of brides and grooms, the sound of mills, and the light of lamps.
Jeremiah 25:10-26
Jeremiah 25:11-26
Jeremiah 25:12-26
12 »‘When the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation for their crimes,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will turn Babylon into a permanent wasteland.
13 »‘I will bring on that land all the disasters I threatened to do to it, everything that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations, everything written in this book.
Jeremiah 25:13-26
Jeremiah 25:14-14
14 »‘Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon. I will pay them back for what they have done.’«
Jeremiah 25:14-26
14 »‘Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon. I will pay them back for what they have done.’«
15 »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.
Jeremiah 25:15-26
Jeremiah 25:16-26
Jeremiah 25:17-26
Jeremiah 25:18-26
Jeremiah 25:19-26
Jeremiah 25:20-26
Jeremiah 25:21-26
Jeremiah 25:22-26
Jeremiah 25:23-26
Jeremiah 25:24-26
Jeremiah 25:25-26
Jeremiah 25:26-26
26 all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another-all the kingdoms of the earth. Last of all, the king of Sheshach will drink from the cup.
27 »Jehovah said: ‘Say to them, This is what Jehovah of Hosts, »the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up because of the wars that I am going to send you.«’
28 »‘If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink from it, say to them: ‘This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: »You must drink from it!
29 »‘I am going to bring disaster on the city that is named after me. Do you think you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished! I am declaring war on all those who live on earth,’ declares Jehovah of Hosts.
Jeremiah 30:11
11 »I am with you. I will rescue you,« declares Jehovah. »I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I will not let you go entirely unpunished.«
Jeremiah 31:18-20
18 »I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ‘Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.
19 »‘We turned away from you. But soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.’«
20 »Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,« declares Jehovah.
Jeremiah 32:24
24 »The siege ramps have reached the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence. You brought all this disaster on them.
Jeremiah 33:4
4 »The houses in this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah have been torn down. They are used against the dirt ramps and weapons of the Babylonians. This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says about this:
Jeremiah 33:24-26
24 »Have you not observed what this people have said. They say, ‘The two families Jehovah chose, he has rejected?’ Thus they despise my people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight.
25 »Jehovah says: ‘If My covenant for day and night do not stand and I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth,
26 then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David my servant. And I would not take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their prosperity and will show them love and compassion.’«
Jeremiah 34:22
22 »‘I am going to give a command,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will bring that army back to this city to attack it, capture it, and burn it down. I will destroy the cities of Judah so that no one will live there.’«
Jeremiah 20:8
8 Each time I speak, I cry aloud. I proclaim violence and destruction! For me the word of Jehovah has resulted in reproach and derision all day long.
Jeremiah 21:4
4 ‘Jehovah the God of Israel says: »Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war you control. The weapons you use to make war against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall. I will gather them into the center of this city.
Jeremiah 26:8
8 As soon as I had finished saying all that Jehovah commanded me to say, they grabbed me and shouted: »You ought to be killed for this!
Jeremiah 26:21-23
21 »When King Jehoiakim and all his personal troops and officials heard what Uriah said the king wanted to put him to death. But Uriah heard about it and fled in fear to Egypt.
22 »King Jehoiakim sent soldiers to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and other soldiers along with him.
23 »They brought Uriah from Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim. The king executed Uriah and threw his body into the burial ground for the common people.«
Jeremiah 37:14-16
14 Jeremiah answered: »That is not true! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.« But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
15 The officials were so angry with Jeremiah that they beat him and put him in prison in the scribe Jonathan's house, which had been turned into a prison.
16 Jeremiah went into a prison cell, and he stayed there a long time.
Jeremiah 38:4-6
4 The officials went to the king and said: »This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.«
5 King Zedekiah answered: »Very well, then, do what you want to with him. I cannot stop you.«
6 So they took me and let me down by ropes into Prince Malchiah's well, which was in the palace courtyard. There was no water in the well, only mud, and I sank down in it.
Jeremiah 39:5-9
5 But the Babylonian army pursued them and captured Zedekiah in the plains near Jericho. Then they took him to King Nebuchadnezzar, who was in the city of Riblah in the territory of Hamath, and there Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him.
6 At Riblah he put Zedekiah's sons to death while Zedekiah was looking on, and he also had the officials of Judah executed.
7 After that, he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him placed in chains to be taken to Babylon.
8 The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Finally Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, took away as prisoners to Babylon the people who were left in the city, together with those who had deserted to him.
Jeremiah 46:1-28
1 Jehovah spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the nations.
2 This is the message about [EGYPT], about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated his army at Carchemish along the Euphrates River during the fourth year that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah.
3 »Get your large and small shields ready and advance into battle.
4 »Harness your horses. Mount up, you horsemen. Take your positions, and put on your helmets. Polish your spears. Put on your armor.
5 »What do I see in them? They are terrified. They are retreating. Their warriors are defeated. They flee without looking back. Terror is all around them!« declares Jehovah.
6 The infantry cannot flee. The warriors cannot escape. They stumble and fall in the north by the Euphrates River.
7 Who is this, rising like the Nile River, like streams that flow swiftly?
8 Egypt is like the rising Nile River, like a river quickly overflowing its banks. Egypt says: »I will rise. I will cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people in them.«
9 Go into battle, you horsemen. Drive wildly, you chariot drivers. March into battle, you warriors, you warriors from Sudan and Put who carry shields, you warriors from Lydia who use bows and arrows.
10 That day belongs to Jehovah of Hosts. It is a day of vengeance when he will take revenge on his enemies. His sword will devour until it has had enough, and it will drink their blood until it is full. The Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will offer them as sacrifices in the north by the Euphrates River.
11 Go to Gilead, and get medicine, dear people of Egypt. You have used many medicines without results and cannot be cured.
12 The nations have heard of your shame. Your cry fills the earth. One warrior will stumble over another, and both will fall together.
13 Jehovah spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who will defeat Egypt.
14 »Tell this in Egypt. Announce this in Migdol. Make it known in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say: ‘Take your positions, and get ready. Swords will kill those around you.
15 »Why should your soldiers be cut down? They cannot stand because Jehovah will push them down.
16 »They have repeatedly stumbled and now they have fallen. They say to each other: ‘Get up! Let us go back to our people, to the land where we were born and escape our enemy's sword.’«
17 »There they will cry: ‘Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is a big windbag. He has missed his chance.’
18 »‘As I live,’ declares the king, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts; ‘someone who is like Mount Tabor among the mountains will come. Someone who is like Mount Carmel by the sea will come.
19 »‘Pack your bags inhabitants of Egypt, because you will be taken away as captives. Memphis will become a dreary wasteland, a pile of rubble where no one lives.
20 »‘Egypt is like a beautiful cow, but a horsefly (distruction) from the north will attack it.
21 »‘Egypt's hired soldiers are like fattened calves. They will turn and run away together. They will not stand their ground. The day of destruction is coming. At that time they will be punished.’
22 »‘Egypt will hiss like a snake as it slithers away. Its enemies will come with full force. They will attack it with axes like those who chop wood.
23 »‘They will cut down the forest,’ declares Jehovah, ‘since Egypt cannot be found. They are more numerous than locusts. They cannot be counted.
24 »‘The people of Egypt will be put to shame. They will be handed over to the people from the north.’
25 »Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am going to punish Amon, who is the god of Thebes. I will also punish Pharaoh, Egypt, its gods, its kings, and whoever trusts Pharaoh.’
26 »‘I will hand them over to those who want to kill them, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. Afterward, they will live in peace as they did long ago,’declares Jehovah.
27 »‘Do not be afraid, my servant Jacob. Do not be terrified, Israel. I am going to rescue you and your descendants from a faraway land, from the land where you are captives. Then Jacob's descendants will again have undisturbed peace, and no one will make them afraid.
28 »‘Do not be afraid, my servant Jacob,« declares Jehovah. »I am with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’«
Jeremiah 46:28-28
28 »‘Do not be afraid, my servant Jacob,« declares Jehovah. »I am with you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will correct you with justice. I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’«
Jeremiah 50:11
11 »You are happy and excited. You have looted the people who belong to me. You dance around like calves on the grass and neigh like stallions.
Jeremiah 52:1-34
1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
2 Zedekiah did what Jehovah considered evil, as Jehoiakim had done.
3 Jehovah became angry at Jerusalem and Judah and threw the people out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.
Jeremiah 52:4-34
Jeremiah 52:5-34
Jeremiah 52:6-34
6 On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.
7 The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah's soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain of Jericho.
Jeremiah 52:7-34
7 The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah's soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain of Jericho.
8 The Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plain of Jericho. His entire army had deserted him.
9 The Babylonians captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in Hamath. The king of Babylon passed sentence on him there.
Jeremiah 52:9-34
Jeremiah 52:10-34
Jeremiah 52:11-34
11 Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in a prison, where he stayed until he died.
12 On the tenth day of the fifth month of Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year as king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the guard and an officer of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
13 He burned down Jehovah’s Temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.
14 The entire Babylonian army that was with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
15 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, captured the few people left in the city, those who surrendered to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.
16 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.
17 The Babylonians broke apart the copper pillars of Jehovah’s Temple, the stands, and the copper pool in Jehovah’s Temple. They shipped all the copper to Babylon.
18 they took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and all the copper utensils used in the Temple service.
19 The captain of the guard also took pans, incense burners, bowls, pots, lamp stands, dishes, and the bowls used for wine offerings. The captain of the guard took all of the trays and bowls that were made of gold or silver.
20 The copper from the two pillars, the pool, and the twelve copper bulls under the stands that King Solomon had made for Jehovah’s Temple could not be weighed.
21 One pillar was twenty-seven feet high and eighteen feet in circumference. It was three inches thick and hollow.
22 The crown that was on it was seven and one half feet high with filigree and pomegranates around it. They were all made of copper. The second pillar was the same. It also had pomegranates.
23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides. The total number of pomegranates on the surrounding filigree was one hundred.
24 The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three doorkeepers.
Lamentations 4:12
12 To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the enemy would enter the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:25-27
25 From the city he also took an army commander, seven men who had access to the king whom he found in the city, the scribe who was in charge of the militia, and sixty common people whom he found in the city.
Jeremiah 52:25-34
Jeremiah 52:26-34
Jeremiah 52:27-34
27 The king of Babylon executed them at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So the people of Judah were captives as they left their land.
28 These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar took captive: In his seventh year as king, he took three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
29 In his eighteenth year, Nebuchadnezzar took eight hundred and thirty-two people from Jerusalem.
30 In Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year as king, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took away seven hundred and forty-five Jews. In all, four thousand six hundred people were taken away.
31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment of King Jehoiakin of Judah, King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, freed King Jehoiakin of Judah and released him from prison.
32 He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
33 Jehoiakin no longer wore prison clothes, and he ate his meals in the king's presence as long as he lived.
34 The king of Babylon gave him a daily food allowance as long as he lived.
Lamentations 2:15-16
15 All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: »Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?«
16 All your enemies are opening their mouths wide against you. They hiss and whistle through their teeth and say: »We have made a meal of her. Certainly this is the day we have been looking for. It has come and we see it.«
Lamentations 3:8
8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Lamentations 4:19
19 Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven. They drive us before them on the mountains. They wait secretly for us in the wasteland.
Lamentations 5:19
19 You, O Jehovah, are seated as King forever. The seat of your power is eternal.
Ezekiel 2:6
6 »Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people.
Ezekiel 9:9
9 He answered me: »The wickedness of the nations of Israel and Judah is terrible! The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with wrongdoing. They think that Jehovah has abandoned the land and that he does not see.
Ezekiel 12:23-28
23 »Therefore say to them: ‘The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel. Tell them: ‘The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision.’
24 »There will no longer be any false visions or flattering fortune telling to the people.
25 »I Jehovah will speak. Everything that I say will happen without any more delay. I will say something, and it will happen during your rebellious lifetime,« declares the Almighty God Jehovah.
26 Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:
27 »Son of man, the people of Israel are saying, ‘The vision that Ezekiel sees will not happen for a long time. What he prophecies will happen in the distant future.’
28 »Tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says:’ »Everything that I say will no longer be delayed. Whatever I say will happen, declares the Lord Jehovah.«’«
Ezekiel 17:3
3 ‘Say The Lord Jehovah says: »A large eagle came to Lebanon. It had large wings with long, colorful feathers. It took hold of the top of a cedar tree.
Ezekiel 17:10
10 »‘»Though it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it, wither on the beds where it grew?«’«
Ezekiel 12:22-28
22 »Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel. You say: ‘The days are long and every vision fails?’
Ezekiel 17:12
12 »Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
Ezekiel 19:12
12 ‘»It was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel. It was stripped of its fruit. Its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.
Ezekiel 22:25-30
25 ‘»There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives. They have taken treasure and precious things. They have made many widows in the midst of her.
26 ‘»Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the profane. They have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
27 ‘»Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
28 ‘»Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them. They see false visions and divine lies for them. They say: »This is what the Lord Jehovah says, when Jehovah has not spoken.«
29 ‘»The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.’
30 ‘»I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.
Ezekiel 25:1-17
1 Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:
2 »Son of man set your face (give attention) toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
3 »Tell the Ammonites: ‘Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah! The Lord Jehovah says: »Because you said, Aha! Against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
4 »‘»I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession. They will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
5 »‘»I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the Ammonites a resting place for flocks. So you will know that I am Jehovah.«’«
6 »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced in your scorn against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel 25:6-17
6 »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced in your scorn against the land of Israel,
7 ‘»I have stretched out my hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you. Therefore, you will know that I am Jehovah.’
8 »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Because Moab and Seir say, »Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,
9 therefore, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim,
10 and I will give it for a possession along with the Ammonites to the sons of the east, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations.
11 »‘»Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am Jehovah.’
12 »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,
13 therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will also stretch out my hand (exert my power) against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. I will lay it waste! From Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
14 ‘I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath. They will know my vengeance, declares the Lord Jehovah.«’
15 »The Lord Jehovah says: Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and scorn and have taken vengeance to destroy with everlasting enmity,
16 therefore the Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will stretch out my hand (exert power) against the Philistines. I will even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
17 »‘»I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. They will know that I am Jehovah when I lay my vengeance on them.«’«
Ezekiel 26:2
2 »Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I will be filled, now that she is laid waste.’
Ezekiel 29:3
3 »Say this, ‘The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great monster (Egypt) (Psalm 74:13,14) that lies in the midst of his rivers. You have said: ‘My Nile is mine! I have made it!’«
4 »I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers. All the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales.
5 »I will abandon you to the wilderness and all the fish of your rivers. You will fall on the open field. You will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
Ezekiel 30:25
25 ‘»I will strengthen the arms (the power) of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am Jehovah, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 35:15
15 »As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be desolated, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am Jehovah.’«
Ezekiel 37:11-14
11 Jehovah also said: »Son of man, all the people of Israel are like these bones. The people say: Our bones are dry, and our hope has vanished. We are completely destroyed.
12 Prophesy and tell them: ‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says: »My people, I will open your graves and take you out of them. I will bring you to Israel.
13 Then, my people, you will know that I am Jehovah, because I will open your graves and bring you out of your graves.«’
14 ‘I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live. I will place you in your own land. Then you will know that I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I have done it,’ declares Jehovah.«
Ezekiel 28:3
3 ‘»You think that you are wiser than Daniel and that no secret can be hidden from you.
Daniel 4:30-34
30 The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?«
Daniel 4:30
30 The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?«
31 While the word was in the king's mouth a voice came from heaven, saying: »O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from you.
32 »You will be driven from men. Your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You will have to eat grass like bulls. Seven times shall pass over you until you know the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.«
33 That same hour it was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and did eat grass like bulls. His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his fingernails like birds' claws.
34 »At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven and my understanding returned to me. I blessed the Most High and I praised and honored the one who lives forever. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Daniel 5:3-4
Daniel 5:20
20 »But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride he dealt proudly. He was deposed from his kingly throne and they took his glory from him:
Daniel 5:23
23 »You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.
Hosea 1:10
10 »Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the grains of the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. It will be said: You are the sons of the living God in the place where it was said you are not my people!
Hosea 8:1
1 »Sound the alarm on the trumpet. The enemy swoops down on Jehovah’s Temple like an eagle. The people of Israel have rejected my covenant promise and rebelled against my Law.
Hosea 10:4
4 »They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
Amos 4:2
2 »The Lord Jehovah has sworn by his holiness that the day will come when they will take you away with meat hooks, and those who remain with fish-hooks.
Amos 5:7
7 You who turn justice to wormwood (a curse), and cast righteousness down to the earth
Amos 5:12
12 I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.
Amos 9:8-9
8 »Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom! Yet, I will destroy it from off the face of the earth! I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,« said Jehovah.
9 I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations! Like grain is sifted in a sieve, yet the least kernel will not fall on the earth.
Daniel 9:12
12 »He confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who ruled us. He brought a great evil on us. Nothing under heaven has been done like what was done to Jerusalem.
Hosea 13:15
15 »The people of Ephraim have become important among their relatives. However, Jehovah’s scorching wind will come from the east. It will blow out of the desert. Then their springs will run dry, and their wells will dry up. The wind will destroy every precious thing in their storehouses.
Micah 2:1-2
1 »Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).
2 »They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.«
Micah 3:1-3
1 I said: »Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice?
2 »You hate good and love evil! You rip off their skin and their flesh from off their bones!
3 »You eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them! You break their bones, and chop them in pieces similar to the contents of a pot or a caldron.
Micah 5:2
2 »You Bethlehem Ephrathah who are little to be among the thousands of Judah. Out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel! His origin is from of old, from everlasting (days of antiquity) (ancient times).
Micah 7:1-4
1 Too bad for me! For I am like the gathered summer fruit, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. I desire the first ripe fig.
2 The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.
3 They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
4 The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge! Your watchmen’s day has come. Your visitation has come. Now you will be perplexed.
Nahum 1:1
1 The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
Habakkuk 1:3-4
Habakkuk 1:6
6 »Behold, I bring the Chaldeans to power, that bitter and impetuous nation. They march through the expanse of the earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
Habakkuk 1:9-10
9 »They all come for violence. Their crowds look straight ahead and gather prisoners like the sand.
10 »They scoff at kings, and princes are derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build earthen ramps and capture them.
11 »They will sweep by like a wind and continue on. They will be held guilty for might is their god.«
Habakkuk 2:5-13
5 »Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.
Habakkuk 2:5-8
5 »Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.
6 »Will they all taunt him by directing clever sayings and riddles at him? They will say: How horrible it will be for the one who makes himself rich with what is not his own (by extortion) and makes himself wealthy on loans. How long will this go on?
Habakkuk 2:6-8
6 »Will they all taunt him by directing clever sayings and riddles at him? They will say: How horrible it will be for the one who makes himself rich with what is not his own (by extortion) and makes himself wealthy on loans. How long will this go on?
7 »Will your creditors and collection agents suddenly arise and make you tremble? Then you will become their prize.
Habakkuk 2:7-8
7 »Will your creditors and collection agents suddenly arise and make you tremble? Then you will become their prize.
8 »The people who remain will plunder you because you have plundered many nations. It is because of the blood you shed and the violence you brought on the land, the city and all who dwell there.
Habakkuk 2:8-8
8 »The people who remain will plunder you because you have plundered many nations. It is because of the blood you shed and the violence you brought on the land, the city and all who dwell there.
9 »He who receives a dishonest profit for his house will have trouble. He may set his nest on high in order to be delivered from the hand of evil!
10 »You have purposed a shameful thing for your house. You have sinned against yourself by destroying many people.
11 »The stones will cry out from the wall. The beams out of the woodwork will answer it.
12 »Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed and establishes a city with iniquity!
13 »Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Habakkuk 2:17
17 »The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you. The destruction of the animals and shedding of blood will frighten you. The violence done to the inhabitants of the land and the city will terrify you.
Habakkuk 3:2
2 O Jehovah, I heard the report about you and I am afraid of your actions. O Jehovah, make it live in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known! When you are angry remember mercy.
Zephaniah 1:2
2 »I will destroy (take away) (remove) (consume) everything on the face of the earth!« declared Jehovah. (Zephaniah 2:3)
Zephaniah 3:3
3 Her princes (rulers) within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morning.
Malachi 3:6
6 »I am Jehovah. I have not changed! You are the sons of Jacob. You have not yet been destroyed!
Matthew 10:16
16 »I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Matthew 17:27
27 »We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.«
Matthew 23:34-36
34 »Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city.
35 »You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time).
Matthew 24:28
28 »The eagles will gather at the place of the carcass.
Matthew 26:66-66
66 »What is your opinion?« The crowd answered: »Put him to death!«
Matthew 27:1-2
Matthew 27:25-26
Matthew 26:59-66
59 The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death.
60 They failed, even though a number of false witnesses came.
61 Later two witnesses came. They said: »This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’«
62 The high priest stood up and said to him: »Have you no answer? What is it these say against you?«
63 Jesus said nothing. The high priest said to him: »I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.«
64 Jesus said to him: »You said it yourself. And I say to you, after this you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.«
65 Then the high priest ripped his robes apart and said: »He has said evil against God! Why do we need more witnesses? You have heard his words of blasphemy!«
Mark 7:9
9 »You totally reject the commandment of God that you may keep your tradition.
Luke 5:5-10
5 Simon answered, Master we worked all night and caught nothing. At your word I will let down the nets.
6 When they did this they caught a large number of fish and their nets were breaking.
7 They called their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They filled both boats until they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw this he fell down at Jesus’ knees. He said: »Depart from me for I am a sinful man, O Lord.«
9 He and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish.
10 So were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon: »Do not fear. From now on you will catch men.«
Luke 17:37
37 They asked him: »Where, Lord?« And he said to them: »Where the body is the eagles will also gather.«
John 21:6-11
6 He said: »Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find fish.« They cast it and they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7 That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter: »It is the Lord.« So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat about him (for he was dressed only in undergarments), and jumped into the sea.
8 The other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away), dragging the net full of fishes.
9 When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals and fish laid on it, and bread.
10 Jesus said: »Bring the fish you caught.«
11 Simon Peter went to draw the net to land. It was full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty three in all. There were so many and yet the net was not torn.
Acts 2:23
23 »You took this man and delivered him by the determined counsel (purpose) and foreknowledge of God. With wicked hands you impaled and murdered him.
Acts 3:13-15
Acts 3:14-15
Acts 7:52
52 »Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They killed those who announced in advance the coming of the righteous one whom you have betrayed and murdered.
Acts 7:59
59 They stoned Stephen. He called out: »Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!«
Acts 6:13-14
Acts 13:41-41
41 »Look among the nations, watch, and be amazed. Though you are told you will not believe the work I do today.« (Habakkuk 1:5)
Acts 13:40-41
40 Beware that what the prophets said does not happen to you.
Acts 23:12-14
12 When day arrived some of the Jews came together and united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
13 There were more than forty involved in this conspiracy.
14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said: »We have united with a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.
Romans 9:27
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: »Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved.
Romans 3:31
31 Do we nullify the law through faith? No we do not! In fact, we establish (continue) (stand by) (uphold) the law.
1 Timothy 6:16
16 Only God has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light. No man has seen him, nor can see him. To him be honor and power forever. Amen.
Hebrews 1:10-12
10 And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands. (Psalm 102:25)
11 »They will perish but you remain. They will all grow old like a garment.
12 »Just as a coat you fold them up, and they will be changed: but you are the same, and your years will never run out.«
1 Timothy 1:17
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 12:5-6
Hebrews 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
1 Peter 1:15-16
2 Peter 2:8
8 That righteous man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.
James 2:6-7
Revelation 1:8
8 »I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end,« says Jehovah (YHWH) God, »the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty (all ruling) (universal sovereign).« (Isaiah 48:12)
Revelation 1:11
11 It said: »Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven congregations in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.«
Revelation 6:10
10 They cried with a loud voice, saying: »How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?«
Revelation 11:10
10 The inhabitants of the earth will celebrate and rejoice over them. They will rejoice and send gifts to one another. This is because these two prophets tormented those who lived on the earth.