Job 12:23
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.
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- Isa 9:3 : 3 You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.
- Isa 26:15 : 15 You have made the nation larger, O LORD, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.
- Isa 60:22 : 22 The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the LORD will quickly do this!”
- Ps 107:38 : 38 He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.
- Exod 1:7 : 7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
- Exod 1:20 : 20 So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.
- Jer 30:19 : 19 Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
- Jer 33:22 : 22 I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.’”
- Zech 10:8 : 8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.
- Isa 27:6 : 6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
- Isa 51:2 : 2 Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants.
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19He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
20He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
21He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful.
22He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light.
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15You have made the nation larger, O LORD, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land.
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24He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.
25Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
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6One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.
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3You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.
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11The LORD stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.
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1The Lord Will Judge the Earth Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
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9I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.