Daniel 11:15

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Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.

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  • Jer 6:6 : 6 All of this is because the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city which is to be punished. Nothing but oppression happens in it.
  • Ezek 4:2 : 2 Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it.
  • Ezek 17:17 : 17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.
  • Dan 8:7 : 7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram and struck it and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. The goat hurled the ram to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power.
  • Dan 11:6 : 6 After some years have passed, they will form an alliance. Then the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, nor will he continue in his strength. She, together with the one who brought her, her child, and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time.
  • Jer 33:4 : 4 For I, the LORD God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings of Judah which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians:
  • Jer 52:4 : 4 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.
  • Josh 1:5 : 5 No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone.
  • Prov 21:30-31 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD. 31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the LORD.
  • Jer 5:10 : 10 The LORD commanded the enemy,“March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the LORD.

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  • Dan 11:16-20
    5 verses
    84%

    16The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.

    17His intention will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. He will give the king of the south a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage.

    18Then he will turn his attention to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, he will make him pay for his shameful conduct.

    19He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.

    20There will arise after him one who will send out an exactor of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or battle.

  • Dan 11:22-26
    5 verses
    82%

    22Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.

    23After entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force.

    24In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long.

    25He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm against the king of the south with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

    26Those who share the king’s fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; many will be killed in battle.

  • Dan 11:4-14
    11 verses
    82%

    4Shortly after his rise to power, his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky– but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these.

    5“Then the king of the south and one of his subordinates will grow strong. His subordinate will resist him and will rule a kingdom greater than his.

    6After some years have passed, they will form an alliance. Then the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, nor will he continue in his strength. She, together with the one who brought her, her child, and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time.

    7“There will arise in his place one from her family line who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.

    8He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north.

    9Then the king of the north will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land.

    10His sons will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s fortress.

    11“Then the king of the south will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.

    12When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. He will be responsible for the death of thousands and thousands of people, but he will not continue to prevail.

    13For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.

    14“In those times many will oppose the king of the south. Those who are violent among your own people will rise up in confirmation of the vision, but they will falter.

  • Dan 11:39-42
    4 verses
    81%

    39He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price.

    40“At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.

    41Then he will enter the beautiful land. Many will fall, but these will escape: Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership.

    42He will extend his power against other lands; the land of Egypt will not escape.

  • Dan 11:28-31
    4 verses
    76%

    28Then the king of the north will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

    29At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.

    30The ships of Kittim will come against him, leaving him disheartened. He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor those who forsake the holy covenant.

    31His forces will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

  • Dan 11:44-45
    2 verses
    75%

    44But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.

    45He will pitch his royal tents between the seas toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him.

  • Ezek 26:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

    9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.

  • Jer 1:15
    73%

    15For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the LORD.“They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah.

  • Ezek 17:17
    73%

    17Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people.

  • Jer 6:22
    72%

    22“This is what the LORD says:‘Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

  • Nah 2:1
    72%

    1Proclamation of the Destruction of Nineveh(2:2)“An enemy who will scatter you, Nineveh, has advanced against you!”“Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!”

  • Ezek 4:2
    72%

    2Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it.

  • Amos 3:11
    72%

    11Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,“an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted.”

  • Isa 25:12
    72%

    12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

  • Ezek 38:15
    71%

    15and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army.

  • Nah 2:5
    71%

    5The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

  • Jer 50:41
    71%

    41“Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

  • Nah 3:14
    71%

    14Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!

  • Mic 5:11
    71%

    11I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.

  • Ezek 38:12
    70%

    12to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”

  • Ezek 26:11
    70%

    11With his horses’ hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.

  • Dan 8:24
    70%

    24His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in what he undertakes. He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones.

  • Zech 14:2
    70%

    2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.

  • Amos 5:9
    70%

    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)