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1 Samuel 13 17-1 Samuel 13 23
Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,another toward Beth Horon, and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim facing the wilderness.Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said,“ Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!”So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles sharpened.The price was two- thirds of a shekel for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass at Mikmash. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. (niv)
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Isaiah 24:11
In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all joyful sounds are banished from the earth. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:25
The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth. (niv)
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Judges 6:6
Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the Lord for help. (niv)
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Zechariah 8:3-5
This is what the Lord says:“ I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.”This is what the Lord Almighty says:“ Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age.The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” (niv)
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Jeremiah 14:18
If I go into the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I go into the city, I see the ravages of famine. Both prophet and priest have gone to a land they know not.’” (niv)
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Judges 5:8
God chose new leaders when war came to the city gates, but not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel. (niv)
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Lamentations 1:4-6
The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gateways are desolate, her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. The Lord has brought her grief because of her many sins. Her children have gone into exile, captive before the foe.All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer. (niv)
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Jeremiah 13:17-19
If you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.Say to the king and to the queen mother,“ Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”The cities in the Negev will be shut up, and there will be no one to open them. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away. (niv)
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Jeremiah 14:2
“ Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. (niv)
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1 Samuel 31 7
When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them. (niv)
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Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. (niv)