Matthew 24:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

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  • 2 Chr 15:6 : 6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Isa 19:2 : 2 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
  • Luke 21:11 : 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
  • Zech 14:13 : 13 It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
  • Heb 12:27 : 27 This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
  • Rev 6:8 : 8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
  • Acts 2:19 : 19 I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
  • Isa 24:19-23 : 19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is torn apart, the earth is shaken violently. 20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. 22 They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!
  • Ezek 21:27 : 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him].
  • Hag 2:21-22 : 21 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 'I will shake the heavens and the earth. 22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
  • Zech 14:2-4 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3 Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4 His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
  • Isa 9:19-21 : 19 Through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spares his brother. 20 One shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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  • Mark 13:7-9
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    7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

    8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

    9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."

    10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

    11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

    12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

  • Matt 24:8-12
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    8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

    9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

    10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

    11 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

    12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

  • 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

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    24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

    26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

  • Isa 24:17-21
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    17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, O inhabitant of the earth.

    18 It shall happen, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

    19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is torn apart, the earth is shaken violently.

    20 The earth shall stagger like a drunken man, and shall sway back and forth like a hammock; and the disobedience of it shall be heavy on it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.

    21 It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

  • 15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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    14 This Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

    15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

    16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  • 10 I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.

  • 21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

  • 32 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

  • 6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

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    33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    34 Most assuredly I tell you, this generation{The word for "generation" (genea) can also be translated as "race."} will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

    35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

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    29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

    30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

  • Isa 24:12-13
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    12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

    13 For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

  • 19 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

  • 19 For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

  • 1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.

  • 8 The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

  • 35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

  • 2 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

  • 4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

  • 14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • 24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

  • 24 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

  • 12 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • 13 It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.

  • 29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • 12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!