16 He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. 17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave. 18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Psalms 105:16–18
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Sirach 48:1–3
1 Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch. (WEB) 2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number. (WEB) 3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times. (WEB)
Psalms 105:28–30
28 He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words. 29 He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die. 30 Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
Psalms 78:44–46
44 He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. 45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. 46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Psalms 106:40–42
40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. 41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
Psalms 107:13–15
13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of…
Psalms 78:61–63
61 He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. 62 He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. 63 Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
Psalms 135:7–9
7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. 8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast. 9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, a…
Psalms 78:48–50
48 He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. 49 He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels. 50 He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered t…
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