1 This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops, 2 O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
Isaiah 22:1–2
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Jeremiah 49:24–26
24 Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor. 25 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy? 26 For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warri…
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1 Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! 2 She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
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1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey. 2 The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
Ezekiel 11:5–7
5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds. 6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled it…
Isaiah 24:10–12
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Zephaniah 2:14–15
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2 Baruch 44:4–6
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2 Baruch 77:7–9
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