Psalm 109:9
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9 May his children be orphans
and his wife a widow.(A)
Psalm 109:10
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10 May his children wander about and beg;
may they be driven out of[a] the ruins they inhabit.
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- 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek
Isaiah 13:18
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18 Their bows will slaughter the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.(A)
Jeremiah 9:21
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21 “Death has come up into our windows;
it has entered our palaces
to cut off the children from the streets
and the young men from the squares.”(A)
Jeremiah 11:22
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22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: I am going to punish them; the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine,
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Jeremiah 15:8
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8 Their widows became more numerous
than the sand of the seas;
I have brought against the mothers of youths
a destroyer at noonday;
I have made anguish and terror
fall upon her suddenly.
Ezekiel 22:25
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25 Its princes[a] within it are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows within it.(A)
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- 22.25 Gk: Heb A conspiracy of its prophets
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