Isaiah 17:14

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In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.

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  • 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 That night, the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere.
  • Job 20:29 : 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.
  • Ps 37:36 : 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.
  • Prov 22:23 : 23 For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.
  • Isa 10:28-32 : 28 He has come against Aiath, passed through Migron; at Michmash, he stores his supplies. 29 They have crossed the pass; at Geba, they make camp. Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees. 30 Cry out, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth! 31 Madmenah flees; the inhabitants of Gebim take refuge. 32 Today, they will halt at Nob; they shake their fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
  • Jer 2:3 : 3 Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who tried to devour it were held guilty; disaster came upon them,’ declares the LORD.
  • Jer 13:25 : 25 This is your lot, the portion measured for you from Me,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
  • Ezek 39:10 : 10 They will not gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons as fuel. They will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Hab 2:16-17 : 16 You are filled with shame instead of glory; drink, yes, you too, and be exposed! The cup from the LORD's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory. 17 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of beasts will terrify you, because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the city, and all who live in it.
  • Zeph 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land. 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may those who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength. And the land was at peace for forty years.
  • 2 Kgs 19:3 : 3 They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.'

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  • Job 24:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

    18Swift upon the surface of the waters they are; their portion is cursed in the land; they do not turn to the way of the vineyards.

  • 14They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.

  • 14At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief.

  • 13The nations roar like the crashing of mighty waters, but He rebukes them, and they flee far away. They are driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.

  • 20From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

  • 14consume them in your wrath; consume them till they are no more. Then they will know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth, Selah.

  • 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away.

  • 1Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when your plunder will be divided in your midst.

  • Isa 33:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

    2LORD, be gracious to us! We have waited for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in times of distress.

  • 19As often as it passes through, it will seize you. Morning after morning, day and night, it will pass through. The understanding of this message will bring only terror.

  • 6In the morning it flourishes and grows, but by evening it withers and dries up.

  • 30On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.

  • 20In a moment, they die; at midnight, people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are removed without human intervention.

  • 4On that day, they will take up a taunt against you and wail with bitter lament, saying: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's inheritance is divided. How it has been taken away from me! He removes our fields and gives them to traitors.'

  • 12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • 16For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • 19How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

  • Jer 6:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening.

    5Arise, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!

  • 10Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  • 7Doom has come upon you, you who live in the land. The time has come; the day is near. There is panic instead of joy on the mountains.

  • Lam 4:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Our steps were closely pursued so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near; our days were fulfilled, for our end had come.

    19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

  • 23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • 15That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.

  • 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • 5If thieves came to you, if robbers came by night—oh, how you would be ruined!—would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

  • 7Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will not those who make you tremble wake up? Then you will become their plunder.

  • 9He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.

  • 14They come in as through a wide breach; chaos rolls in like a wave under the crash of destruction.

  • 11Violence has arisen as the rod of wickedness. None of the people, none of their wealth, and none of their prominence will remain.

  • 1Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.

  • 25Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but there will be none.

  • 21Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him.

  • 25Because He knows their deeds, He overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.

  • Job 21:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? Disaster comes upon them as calamities God apportions in his anger.

    18They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

  • 15We hoped for peace, but no good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but there is only terror.

  • 11'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.'

  • 15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • 67In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights your eyes will see.

  • 9In the twilight, in the evening, in the dark of night and in deep darkness.

  • 24Who handed Jacob over to be plundered, and Israel to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They refused to walk in His ways or obey His law.

  • 22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • 17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • 6You, LORD God of Hosts, God of Israel, rise to punish all the nations. Do not show mercy to the treacherous, Selah.

  • 2Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.