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Jeremiah 6:26
Put on sackcloth, my people, and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. (niv)
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Psalms 140:5
The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. (niv)
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Zephaniah 1:10-11
“ On that day,” declares the Lord,“ a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills.Wail, you who live in the market district; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with silver will be destroyed. (niv)
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Jeremiah 25:34-36
Weep and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For your time to be slaughtered has come; you will fall like the best of the rams.The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape.Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the Lord is destroying their pasture. (niv)
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Psalms 56:5-7
All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down. (niv)
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Zephaniah 1:16
a day of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers. (niv)
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Jeremiah 9:20-21
Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord; open your ears to the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to wail; teach one another a lament.Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares. (niv)
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Isaiah 10:30
Cry out, Daughter Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Poor Anathoth! (niv)
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Jeremiah 48:3-5
Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim, cries of great havoc and destruction.Moab will be broken; her little ones will cry out.They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping bitterly as they go; on the road down to Horonaim anguished cries over the destruction are heard. (niv)
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Jeremiah 4:31
I hear a cry as of a woman in labor, a groan as of one bearing her first child— the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands and saying,“ Alas! I am fainting; my life is given over to murderers.” (niv)
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Jeremiah 4:19-20
Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment. (niv)
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Psalms 38:12
Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie. (niv)
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Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. (niv)
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Psalms 64:4-5
They shoot from ambush at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about hiding their snares; they say,“ Who will see it?” (niv)
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Jeremiah 20:10
I hear many whispering,“ Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying,“ Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.” (niv)
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Isaiah 22:1-4
A prophecy against the Valley of Vision: What troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs,you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.All your leaders have fled together; they have been captured without using the bow. All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away.Therefore I said,“ Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.” (niv)
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Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them. (niv)
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Jeremiah 47:2-3
This is what the Lord says:“ See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wailat the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp. (niv)