Wisdom & Truth Verses

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, {which} dwell alone. {wealthy: or, that is at ease}

And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them {that are} in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. {in...: Heb. cut off into corners, or, that have the corners of their hair polled}

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, {that} I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, {and} conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. {set up: Heb. lift up}

For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

Go up against the land of Merathaim, {even} against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. {of Merathaim: or, of the rebels} {Pekod: or, Visitation}

The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this {is} the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. {from...: Heb. from the end} {cast...: or, tread her}

Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.