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Jeremiah 6:26
Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap and sit among the ashes. Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!
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Psalms 140:5
The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude
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Zephaniah 1:10-11
“ On that day,” says the Lord,“ a cry of alarm will come from the Fish Gate and echo throughout the New Quarter of the city. And a great crash will sound from the hills.Wail in sorrow, all you who live in the market area, for all the merchants and traders will be destroyed.
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Jeremiah 25:34-36
Weep and moan, you evil shepherds! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock! The time of your slaughter has arrived; you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.You will find no place to hide; there will be no way to escape.Listen to the frantic cries of the shepherds. The leaders of the flock are wailing in despair, for the Lord is ruining their pastures.
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Psalms 56:5-7
They are always twisting what I say; they spend their days plotting to harm me.They come together to spy on me— watching my every step, eager to kill me.Don’t let them get away with their wickedness; in your anger, O God, bring them down.
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Zephaniah 1:16
a day of trumpet calls and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and the strongest battlements!
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Jeremiah 9:20-21
Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions. It has killed off the flower of our youth: Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares.
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Isaiah 10:30
Scream in terror, you people of Gallim! Shout out a warning to Laishah. Oh, poor Anathoth!
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Jeremiah 48:3-5
Listen to the cries from Horonaim, cries of devastation and great destruction.All Moab is destroyed. Her little ones will cry out.Her refugees weep bitterly, climbing the slope to Luhith. They cry out in terror, descending the slope to Horonaim.
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Jeremiah 4:31
I hear a cry, like that of a woman in labor, the groans of a woman giving birth to her first child. It is beautiful Jerusalem gasping for breath and crying out,“ Help! I’m being murdered!”
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Jeremiah 4:19-20
My heart, my heart— I writhe in pain! My heart pounds within me! I cannot be still. For I have heard the blast of enemy trumpets and the roar of their battle cries.Waves of destruction roll over the land, until it lies in complete desolation. Suddenly my tents are destroyed; in a moment my shelters are crushed.
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Psalms 38:12
Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me. Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me. All day long they plan their treachery.
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Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.
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Psalms 64:4-5
They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.They encourage each other to do evil and plan how to set their traps in secret.“ Who will ever notice?” they ask.
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Jeremiah 20:10
I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me“ The Man Who Lives in Terror.” They threaten,“ If you say anything, we will report it.” Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip.“ He will trap himself,” they say,“ and then we will get our revenge on him.”
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Isaiah 22:1-4
This message came to me concerning Jerusalem— the Valley of Vision: What is happening? Why is everyone running to the rooftops?The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city? Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.All your leaders have fled. They surrendered without resistance. The people tried to slip away, but they were captured, too.That’s why I said,“ Leave me alone to weep; do not try to comfort me. Let me cry for my people as I watch them being destroyed.”
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Jeremiah 18:20
Should they repay evil for good? They have dug a pit to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.
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Jeremiah 47:2-3
This is what the Lord says:“ A flood is coming from the north to overflow the land. It will destroy the land and everything in it— cities and people alike. People will scream in terror, and everyone in the land will wail.Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by. Terrified fathers run madly, without a backward glance at their helpless children.