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2 Chronicles 30 6
Then the runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king:“ Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
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2 Samuel 18 19-2 Samuel 18 31
Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said,“ Let me run now and take the news to the king, how the Lord has avenged him of his enemies.”And Joab said to him,“ You shall not take the news this day, for you shall take the news another day. But today you shall take no news, because the king’s son is dead.”Then Joab said to the Cushite,“ Go, tell the king what you have seen.” So the Cushite bowed himself to Joab and ran.And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab,“ But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” So Joab said,“ Why will you run, my son, since you have no news ready?”“ But whatever happens,” he said,“ let me run.” So he said to him,“ Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.Now David was sitting between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate, to the wall, lifted his eyes and looked, and there was a man, running alone.Then the watchman cried out and told the king. And the king said,“ If he is alone, there is news in his mouth.” And he came rapidly and drew near.Then the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said,“ There is another man, running alone!” And the king said,“ He also brings news.”So the watchman said,“ I think the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.” And the king said,“ He is a good man, and comes with good news.”So Ahimaaz called out and said to the king,“ All is well!” Then he bowed down with his face to the earth before the king, and said,“ Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my Lord the king!”The king said,“ Is the young man Absalom safe?” Ahimaaz answered,“ When Joab sent the king’s servant and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was about.”And the king said,“ Turn aside and stand here.” So he turned aside and stood still.Just then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said,“ There is good news, my Lord the king! For the Lord has avenged you this day of all those who rose against you.”
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Isaiah 47:11-13
Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know.“ Stand now with your enchantments And the multitude of your sorceries, In which you have labored from your youth— Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you will prevail.You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels; Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand up and save you From what shall come upon you.
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Isaiah 21:3-9
Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it.My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield!For thus has the Lord said to me:“ Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels, And he listened earnestly with great care.Then he cried,“ A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night.And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen!” Then he answered and said,“ Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground.”
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Jeremiah 50:24
I have laid a snare for you; You have indeed been trapped, O Babylon, And you were not aware; You have been found and also caught, Because you have contended against the Lord.
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Daniel 5:2-5
While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.In the same hour the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
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1 Samuel 4 12-1 Samuel 4 18
Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting on a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out.When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said,“ What does the sound of this tumult mean?” And the man came quickly and told Eli.Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were so dim that he could not see.Then the man said to Eli,“ I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line.” And he said,“ What happened, my son?”So the messenger answered and said,“ Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured.”Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
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Esther 8:10
And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses bred from swift steeds.
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Jeremiah 4:20
Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, And my curtains in a moment.
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Daniel 5:30
That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.
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Job 9:25
“ Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
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Esther 8:14
The couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in Shushan the citadel.
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Esther 3:13-15
And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.A copy of the document was to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
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Jeremiah 50:43
“ The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands grow feeble; Anguish has taken hold of him, Pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
