Verse 21

He pours out contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the strong.

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  • Ps 107:40 : 40 He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
  • Isa 5:27 : 27 None among them grows tired or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loosened at their waist; no sandal strap is broken.
  • Isa 11:5 : 5 Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his hips.
  • Isa 22:21 : 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I will entrust him with your authority, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
  • Isa 23:9 : 9 The LORD of Hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to humble all who are honored on the earth.
  • Isa 24:21-22 : 21 On that day, the Lord will punish the host of the heavens above and the kings of the earth below. 22 They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit; they will be shut in a dungeon, and after many days they will be punished.
  • Isa 37:38 : 38 While he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.
  • Dan 2:21-22 : 21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. 22 He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.
  • Dan 4:32-33 : 32 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?' 33 At the same time, my understanding returned to me. My honor and splendor were restored to me for the glory of my kingdom. My counselors and nobles sought me out, and I was reestablished in my kingdom, and even greater greatness was added to me.
  • Matt 2:12-13 : 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route. 13 After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand, then, with the belt of truth fastened around your waist and the breastplate of righteousness in place.
  • Exod 8:2 : 2 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 16:24 : 24 So they saved it until morning as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or have maggots in it.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23-24 : 23 And concerning Jezebel, the LORD also says: 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.' 24 'Anyone who belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat.'
  • 2 Kgs 9:26 : 26 'Surely I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, and I will repay you in this plot of land, declares the LORD. Now then, throw him on that plot of land, just as the word of the LORD declared.'
  • 2 Kgs 9:34-37 : 34 Jehu went inside, ate and drank, and then said, 'Attend to this cursed woman and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.' 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing of her except the skull, the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 They went back and told Jehu, who said, 'This is the word of the LORD that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: “In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.”' 37 'Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the field in the plot of land at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, “This is Jezebel.”'