Job 12:21 Cross References - NSB

²¹ »He pours out contempt upon nobles and disarms the mighty.

² »‘»But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will afflict your whole territory with frogs.

²⁴ They kept what was left until the next day as Moses commanded. It did not spoil or get worms in it.

²³ »Concerning Jezebel, Jehovah says: Dogs will eat her body in the city of Jezreel. ²⁴ »Dogs will eat your relatives dying in the city. Vultures will eat your dead relatives in the country.«

²⁶ »Even as I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday, ‘I will pay you back in this field,’ declares Jehovah. Now take him and throw him into the field as Jehovah predicted.«

³⁴ He came in and ate and drank. He said: »Now see to this cursed woman. Bury her body in the earth, for she is a king's daughter.« ³⁵ They went to bury her, but they found nothing to bury. There were only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands. ³⁶ So they came back and told him about it. He said: »This is what Jehovah said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs. ³⁷ »‘The dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel. They will not be able to say: »This is Jezebel.«’«

⁴⁰ He poured contempt on their influential people and made them stumble around in a pathless desert.

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.

⁵ Righteousness will be the belt around his loins. Faithfulness will be the belt around His waist.

²¹ »‘I will clothe him with your robe and strengthen him with your belt. I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

⁹ Jehovah of Hosts planned this in order to dishonor all arrogant people and to humiliate all the honored people of the world.

²¹ That day Jehovah will punish the host of heaven on high and the kings of the earth below. ²² They will be gathered like prisoners in the dungeon tower. They will be confined in prison and after many days they will be punished.

³⁸ One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with the sword. They escaped to the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

²¹ »He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to the discerning. ²² »He reveals the deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

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.

¹² God warned the astrologers in a dream not to go back to Herod. So they departed for their country by a different road. ¹³ When they left, the angel of God appeared to Joseph in a dream and said: »Herod is looking to kill the young child. Arise, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to leave.«

²³ Immediately the angel of God killed him, because he did not give God the glory. He was eaten by worms and died.

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty strength.

¹⁴ Stand firm therefore and gird your loins with truth. Put on the breastplate of righteousness.