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Matthew 12:29
How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.
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Luke 11:21-22
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his estate, his possessions are secure.But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he takes from him all his weapons he trusted in, and divides up his plunder.
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Psalms 124:6-7
Praise the Lord, who has not let us be ripped apart by their teeth.We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net; the net is torn, and we have escaped.
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Nehemiah 9:33
You are righteous concerning all that has come on us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
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Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion, and He will receive the mighty as spoil, because He submitted Himself to death, and was counted among the rebels; yet He bore the sin of many and interceded for the rebels.
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Ezra 9:9
Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings, giving us new life, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 37:3
Then He said to me,“ Son of man, can these bones live?” I replied,“ Lord God, only You know.”
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Psalms 126:1-3
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations,“ The Lord has done great things for them.”The Lord had done great things for us; we were joyful.
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Nehemiah 9:37
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us, because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
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Jeremiah 25:11-14
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’— this is the Lord’s declaration—‘ the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.I will bring on that land all My words I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book that Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.’”
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Isaiah 42:22
But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them and loot, with no one saying,“ Give it back!”
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Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me,“ Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say,‘ Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
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Ezra 9:13
After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt— though You, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserve and have allowed us to survive—
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Jeremiah 25:6-9
Do not follow other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.“‘ But you would not obey Me’— this is the Lord’s declaration—‘ in order that you might provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands and bring disaster on yourselves.’“ Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:‘ Because you have not obeyed My words,I am going to send for all the families of the north’— this is the Lord’s declaration—‘ and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.
