Psalms 89:40
You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
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- Ps 80:12 : 12 Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
- Lam 2:2 : 2 ב(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.
- Lam 2:5 : 5 ה(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.
- Rev 13:1-7 : 1 The Two Beasts Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule. 3 One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement; 4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying:“Who is like the beast?” and“Who is able to make war against him?” 5 The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months. 6 So the beast opened his mouth to blaspheme against God– to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,
- Isa 5:5-6 : 5 Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there. 6 I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.
- 2 Chr 12:2-5 : 2 Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. 3 He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. 4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem. 5 Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them,“This is what the LORD says:‘You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.’”
- 2 Chr 15:5 : 5 In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.
- Job 1:10 : 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
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- Ps 89:38-392 verses85%
38 But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king.
39 You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.
- Ps 80:12-132 verses82%
12 Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
13 The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.
- Ps 89:41-455 verses82%
41 All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, and all his enemies to rejoice.
43 You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.
44 You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame.(Selah)
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12 The 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.
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9 He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.
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3 How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.
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20 He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.
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18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
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11 He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
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10 You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
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9 He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)
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4 The LORD told Jeremiah,“Tell Baruch,‘The LORD says,“I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.
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10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.
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16 It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.
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11 Therefore,” says the Sovereign LORD,“an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted.”
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5 Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
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2 Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.
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7 They have destroyed my vines; they have turned my fig trees into mere splinters. They have completely stripped off the bark and thrown it aside; the twigs are stripped bare.
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6 And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.
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17 ע(Ayin) The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power.
- Job 19:9-102 verses72%
9 He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
10 He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.
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13 So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.
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19 I will remove you from your office; you will be thrown down from your position.
- Lam 2:7-82 verses72%
7 ז(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD’s temple as if it were a feast day.
8 ח(Khet) The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.
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37 Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.
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9 At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.
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31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
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5 O LORD, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you.
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9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
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19 But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the Pit, as if you were a mangled corpse.
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14 You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.
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2 You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.
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5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)
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25 Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out. In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.
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10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
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19 as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man’s hope.
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6 The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.
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19 Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.
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11 I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.
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12 Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.
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16 Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.
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10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.