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Jeremiah 6:26
My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
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Psalms 140:5
The proud hide a trap with ropes for me; they spread a net along the path and set snares for me. Selah
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Zephaniah 1:10-11
On that day— this is the LORD’s declaration— there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.Wail, you residents of the Hollow, for all the merchants will be silenced; all those loaded with silver will be cut off.
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Jeremiah 25:34-36
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.Flight will be impossible for the shepherds, and escape, for the leaders of the flock.Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry, the wail of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.
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Psalms 56:5-7
They twist my words all day long; all their thoughts against me are evil.They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath.
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Zephaniah 1:16
a day of ram’s horn and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
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Jeremiah 9:20-21
Now hear the word of the LORD, you women. Pay attention to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters a lament and one another a dirge,for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
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Isaiah 10:30
Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Anathoth is miserable.
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Jeremiah 48:3-5
A voice cries out from Horonaim,“ devastation and a crushing blow!”Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.For on the Ascent to Luhith they will be weeping continually, and on the descent to Horonaim will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:
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Jeremiah 4:31
I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands:“ Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers!”
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Jeremiah 4:19-20
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn— the shout of battle.Disaster after disaster is reported because the whole land is destroyed. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, my tent curtains, in a moment.
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Psalms 38:12
Those who intend to kill me set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long.
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Matthew 22:15
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap him by what he said.
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Psalms 64:4-5
shooting from concealed places at the blameless. They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.They adopt an evil plan; they talk about hiding traps and say,“ Who will see them?”
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Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the gossip of many people,“ Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!” Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.“ Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.”
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Isaiah 22:1-4
A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?The noisy city, the jubilant town, is filled with celebration. Your dead did not die by the sword; they were not killed in battle.All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away.Therefore I said,“ Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people.”
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Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before you to speak good on their behalf, to turn your anger from them.
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Jeremiah 47:2-3
This is what the LORD says: Look, water is rising from the north and becoming an overflowing wadi. It will overflow the land and everything in it, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and every inhabitant of the land will wail.At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions, the rumbling of his chariots, and the clatter of their wheels, fathers will not turn back for their sons. They will be utterly helpless