Matthew 24:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

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  • 2 Chr 15:6 : 6 And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.
  • Isa 19:2 : 2 And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
  • Luke 21:11 : 11 There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves; 26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.
  • Heb 12:27 : 27 And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.
  • Rev 6:8 : 8 And I saw a grey horse, and the name of him who was seated on it was Death; and Hell came after him. And there was given to them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to put to destruction by the sword, and by taking away their food, and by death, and by the beasts of the earth.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;
  • Zech 14:13 : 13 And it will be on that day that a great fear will be sent among them from the Lord; and everyone will take his neighbour's hand, and every man's hand will be lifted against his neighbour's.
  • Acts 2:19 : 19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:
  • Isa 9:19-21 : 19 The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food. 20 On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour. 21 Manasseh was making a meal of Ephraim, and Ephraim of Manasseh; and together they were attacking Judah. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 24:19-23 : 19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved. 20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again. 21 And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth. 22 And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment. 23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For this is what the Lord has said: How much more when I send my four bitter punishments on Jerusalem, the sword and need of food and evil beasts and disease, cutting off from it man and beast?
  • Ezek 21:27 : 27 I will let it be overturned, overturned, overturned: this will not be again till he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him.
  • Hag 2:21-22 : 21 Say to Zerubbabel, ruler of Judah, I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth, 22 Overturning the power of kingdoms; and I will send destruction on the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; by me war-carriages will be overturned with those who are in them; and the horses and the horsemen will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
  • Zech 14:2-4 : 2 For I will get all the nations together to make war against Jerusalem; and the town will be overcome, and the goods taken from the houses, and the women taken by force: and half the town will go away as prisoners, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the town. 3 Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight. 4 And in that day his feet will be on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be parted in the middle to the east and to the west, forming a very great valley; and half the mountain will be moved to the north and half of it to the south.

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    7And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

    8Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

    9But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

    10Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

    11There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

  • Matt 24:8-12
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    8But all these things are the first of the troubles.

    9Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

    10And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

    11And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.

    12And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.

  • Matt 24:6
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    6And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

  • Luke 21:24-26
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    24And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

    25And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

    26Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

  • Isa 24:17-21
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    17Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

    18And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

    19The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

    20The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

    21And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.

  • Ezek 7:15
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    15Outside is the sword, and inside disease and need of food: he who is in the open country will be put to the sword; he who is in the town will come to his end through need of food and disease.

  • Matt 24:14-16
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    14And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

    15When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

    16Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

  • Jer 24:10
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    10And I will send the sword, and need of food, and disease, among them till they are all cut off from the land which I gave to them and to their fathers.

  • Matt 24:21
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    21Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

  • Jer 25:32
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    32This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
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    6And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

  • Matt 24:33-35
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    33Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    34Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

    35Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

  • Matt 24:29-30
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    29But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

    30And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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    12In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.

    13For it will be in the heart of the earth among the peoples, like the shaking of an olive-tree, as the last of the grapes after the getting-in is done.

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    19But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

  • Mark 13:19
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    19For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

  • Isa 24:1
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    1See, the Lord is making the earth waste and unpeopled, he is turning it upside down, and sending the people in all directions.

  • Jer 28:8
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    8The prophets, who were before me and before you, from early times gave word to a number of countries and great kingdoms about war and destruction and disease.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

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    2But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

  • Isa 24:4
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    4The earth is sorrowing and wasting away, the world is full of grief and wasting away, the high ones of the earth come to nothing.

  • Rev 6:14
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    14And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

  • Matt 24:24
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    24For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

  • Mark 13:24
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    24But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

  • Mark 13:12
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    12And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

  • Zech 14:13
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    13And it will be on that day that a great fear will be sent among them from the Lord; and everyone will take his neighbour's hand, and every man's hand will be lifted against his neighbour's.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

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    12Ah! the voice of peoples, like the loud sounding of the seas, and the thundering of great nations rushing on like the bursting out of waters!