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!
Nahum 3:1–2
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Jeremiah 50:21–23
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD. 22 “The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction. 23 How the hammer of the w…
Jeremiah 4:12–14
12 a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” 13 Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined! 14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jeru…
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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.
Isaiah 5:27–29
27 None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken. 28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. 29 The…
Book of Enoch 100:2–4
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Jeremiah 6:22–24
22 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth. 23 They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, l…
Habakkuk 2:11–13
11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork. 12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity! 13 Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire,…
Nahum 2:3–5
3 The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished. 4 The chariots dash through the streets; they rush arou…
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