Job 12:18

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"He loosens the bonds of kings and binds their waists with a belt."

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  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant; you have freed me from my chains.
  • Dan 2:21 : 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.
  • Jer 52:31-34 : 31 In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and released him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes and regularly ate at the king’s table for the rest of his life. 34 As long as he lived, his regular food allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, day by day, until his death.
  • 2 Chr 33:11-14 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 He prayed to Him, and the LORD was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. He brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God. 14 Afterward, he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and surrounding the Ophel. He made it much higher. He also placed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
  • Rev 19:16 : 16 He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

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    19"He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty."

    20He silences the speech of the trustworthy and takes away the discernment of the elders.

    21He pours out contempt on nobles and loosens the belts of the strong.

    22He reveals the deep things from darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.

    23He makes nations great and then destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them away.

    24He removes the understanding of the leaders of the earth's people and makes them wander in a pathless wasteland.

    25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like a drunkard.

  • Job 12:14-17
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    14"What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."

    15"If He holds back the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth."

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    8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron shackles,

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    8If they are bound in chains and held captive by cords of suffering,

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    5Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his hips.

  • Job 30:11
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    11Because God has loosened my cord and afflicted me, they throw off all restraint in my presence.

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    3Let us break their chains and throw off their ropes from us.

  • Ps 105:22
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    22To bind his officials as he desired and to teach his elders wisdom.

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    19May it be like a robe wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always.

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    1Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy a linen waistband, and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."

    2So I bought the waistband as the LORD had instructed, and I put it around my waist.

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    23He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

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    12They turn and shift by His guidance, to carry out all that He commands across the surface of the earth.

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    20The king sent and released him; the ruler of the nations set him free.

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    13Now I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away.

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    40He pours out contempt on nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

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    4'The bows of the mighty are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.'

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    12Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; let all who are around Him bring gifts to the One to be feared.

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  • Ezek 23:15
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    15They were girded with belts at their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like officers, resembling the men of Babylon, born in Chaldea.

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    24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets others in their place.

  • Job 36:15-16
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    15He delivers the afflicted through their suffering and opens their ears in oppression.

    16Indeed, He has enticed you out of the jaws of distress into a broad and unconfined place; your table is filled with abundance.

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    26A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.

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    19I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.

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    17Who made the world a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to release his prisoners to their homes?'

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    6Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His hips became weak, and his knees knocked together.

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    13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.