Psalms 120:5

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How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

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  • Ezek 27:13 : 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.
  • Gen 10:2 : 2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  • Gen 25:13 : 13 These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth(Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
  • Song 1:5 : 5 The Country Maiden and the Daughters of JerusalemThe Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.
  • Isa 60:6-7 : 6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, young camels from Midian and Ephah. All the merchants of Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the LORD. 7 All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. They will go up on my altar acceptably, and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.
  • Jer 9:2-3 : 2 (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him. 3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
  • Jer 9:6 : 6 They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.
  • Jer 15:10 : 10 Jeremiah Complains about His Lot and The Lord Responds I said,“Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt.”
  • Jer 49:28-29 : 28 Judgment Against Kedar and Hazor The LORD spoke about Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquered.“Army of Babylon, go and attack Kedar. Lay waste those who live in the eastern desert. 29 Their tents and their flocks will be taken away. Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off. People will shout to them,‘Terror is all around you!’”
  • Ezek 27:21 : 21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you.
  • Ezek 38:2-3 : 2 “Son of man, turn toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him 3 and say:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
  • Ezek 39:1 : 1 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Micah Laments Judah’s Sin Woe is me! For I am like those gathering fruit, and those harvesting grapes, when there is no grape cluster to eat, and no fresh figs that my stomach craves. 2 Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
  • 2 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men, 8 (for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 ‘I know where you live– where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
  • 1 Sam 25:1 : 1 The Death of Samuel Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

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