Isaiah 16:6

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Isaiah 16:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.

7 Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.

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Isaiah 2:11

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Jeremiah 48:26

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Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.

Jeremiah 48:42

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Amos 2:1

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Obadiah 1:3

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Obadiah 1:4

Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Zephaniah 2:9

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Zephaniah 2:10

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1 Peter 5:5

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Isaiah 28:15

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Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.

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