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God Sends Evil
WHY CALVINISTS ARE ANARCHISTS
Calvinists teach a doctrine of "predestination" which holds that God not only picks people out for heaven ("election"), but premeditatedly creates others for hell ("reprobation").
The Bible says comparatively little about heaven and hell, so talk about so-and-so's eternal destiny is an easy abstraction. Such talk is also politically innocuous: The Bible says much more about the oppression of the weak by the politically powerful, and it is here — in the sphere of human history — where "Calvinism" is seen to reflect the teaching of the Scriptures.
It is especially the prophets who speak of certain powerful people as having been created to carry out evil acts in history — in defiance of God's revealed Law for all human conduct. One thing that so frequently landed the prophets in prison was their unhesitating readiness to
Evil is not autonomous, said the prophets. The Evil Empire is under the complete control of God. And evil does not triumph in the long run. This is political bad news: Every year is an "election year."
Predestination is thus "good news" for those who hunger for peace and thirst for justice, because it means that those who hunger for war and profit from injustice are not ultimately in control (Luke1:51-52). The pervasive teaching of Jesus and the prophets is that God sends evil against evil, so that justice can be established. As often as the four Gospels record Jesus' promises of blessing for the sheep of His Kingdom, they record His threats of cursing for the goats of Empire-worshiping Israel. Jesus summed up this concept of predestination in history:
"All they that take up the sword shall perish with the sword" (Matthew 26:52).
This is not Jesus engaging in statistical analysis of demographic surveys. This is Jesus speaking as the One through Whom "all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers" (Colossians 1:16). "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Even if destruction comes at the hands of a sword wielded by violent marauders of a despotic empire, Jesus and the prophets still see it as "the Sword of the Lord" (Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; 47:6).
Shall we then "sign up" with "God's minister"? If God is using the Bush-Clinton regime to judge Saddam Hussein, shall we head down to the "School of the Americas" to take classes? Isaiah answers, "Woe to the Assyrian" (10:5). Those who wield the sword are cosmic losers.
God Sends Evil| Deuteronomy 31:29 "For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to wrath through the work of your hands." | |
| Joshua 23:15 "Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you which the LORD your God promised you, so the LORD will bring upon you all evil things, until He has destroyed you from this good land which the LORD your God has given you. | |
| 1 Kings 14:9-10 "but you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to wrath, and have cast Me behind your back; {10} "therefore behold! I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male in Israel, bond and free; I will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away refuse until it is all gone. | |
| 1 Kings 21:29 "See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the evil on his house." | |
| 2 Kings 21:12 "therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. | |
| 2 Kings 22:16,20 "Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants; all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read; {20} Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place." ' " So they brought back word to the king. | |
| Nehemiah 13:18 "Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." | |
| Numbers 14:35 'I the LORD have spoken this; I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.'" | |
| Deuteronomy 29:21 "And the LORD would separate him for evil from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Law, | |
| Deuteronomy 30:15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, | |
| Judges 2:15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed. | |
| Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. | |
| Job 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. | |
| Psalm 54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. | |
| Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. | |
| Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. | |
| Jeremiah 11:11 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. | |
| Jeremiah 18:11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. | |
| Jeremiah 19:3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. | |
| Jeremiah 19:15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words. | |
| Jeremiah 23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. | |
| Jeremiah 25:32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. | |
| Jeremiah 32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. | |
| Jeremiah 35:17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. | |
| Jeremiah 36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. | |
| Jeremiah 36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. | |
| Jeremiah 39:16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. | |
| Jeremiah 44:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, | |
| Jeremiah 51:64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. | |
| Lamentations 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth evil and good? | |
| Jeremiah 42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. | |
| Jeremiah 26:3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. | |
| Jeremiah 26:13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. | |
| Ezekiel 7:3-5 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. {4} And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. {5} Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. | |
| Daniel 9:12-14 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. {13} As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. {14} Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. | |
| Amos 3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? | |
| Micah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. | |
| Micah 2:3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. | |
| 2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. |
Often the "evil" which God sends against His enemies is the army of a depraved Empire| Leviticus 26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. | |
| Judges 3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. | |
| 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: | |
| 2 Samuel 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. | |
| 1 Kings 5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. | |
| 1 Kings 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. | |
| 2 Kings 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. | |
| 2 Chronicles 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. | |
| Proverbs 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. | |
| 1 Chronicles 5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. | |
| Jeremiah 4:6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. | |
| Jeremiah 9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. | |
| Jeremiah 21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. | |
| Jeremiah 24:10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. | |
| Jeremiah 25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. | |
| Jeremiah 25:29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD of hosts. | |
| Jeremiah 29:17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. | |
| Jeremiah 42:17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. | |
| Jeremiah 44:27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. | |
| Jeremiah 49:37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: | |
| Ezekiel 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. | |
| Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? | |
| Ezekiel 28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. | |
| Ezekiel 29:19-20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. {20} I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. | |
| Amos 9:4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. |
Evil is carried out according to God's Sovereign Plan by statists who think they are exercising their "free will" (or "just doing my job").| Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. | |
| 2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. | |
| Isaiah 10:5-7 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. {6} I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. {7} Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. | |
| Micah 4:11-13 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. {12} But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they His counsel: for He shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. {13} Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. | |
| Acts 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: | |
| Acts 4:25-29 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? {26} The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. {27} For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, {28} For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. {29} And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, | |
| Acts 13:27-28 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew Him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning Him. {28} And though they found no cause of death in Him, yet desired they Pilate that He should be slain. | |
| Revelation 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil His will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. |
Sometimes the evil God causes an Empire to do makes the State its own worst enemy.| Exodus 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. | |
| Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. | |
| 1 Kings 12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform His saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. | |
| Daniel 11:27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. |
Some would prefer to believe that God does not predestine evil, but that it "just happens."| 1 Samuel 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then He hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us. |
Such "Arminians" (and other politicians) receive God's judgment.| Zephaniah 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. |
As pacifists, Christians are not to resist the Evil Empire with violence, but are to "submit" to it.| Matthew 5:39,41 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. {41} And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. | |
| Jeremiah 29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. | |
| Jeremiah 27:12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. | |
| Jeremiah 38:17-18 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: {18} But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. | |
| Romans 12:14, 18-21 - 13:4 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. {18}:If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. {19} Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. {20} Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. {21} Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. {2} Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. {3} For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: {4} For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. | |
| 1 Peter 2:11-24 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; {12} Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. {13} Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; {14} Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. {15} For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: {16} As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. {17} Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. {18} Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. {19} For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. {20} For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. {21} For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps: {22} Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: {23} Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously: {24} Who his own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. | |
| Matthew 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. |
As Anarchists, Calvinists recognize that the fact that we are to "submit" to these evil acts of evil empires does not mean that these empires have a legitimate (moral) existence (even though we recognize that they were "ordained" [predestined] by God).| Isaiah 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed His whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. | |
| Jeremiah 30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. | |
| Matthew 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. |
In addition to human beings, God often sent angels to carry out evil acts, or to prompt humans to do evil.| 2 Samuel 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. | |
| Psalm 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. | |
| Judges 9:23-24 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: {24} That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. | |
| 1 Samuel 16:14-16 But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. {15} And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. {16} Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. | |
| Luke 4:5-7 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. {6} And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. {7} If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. |
These angelic beings (demons) were often called "powers"| Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. | |
| Colossians 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. | |
| 1 Corinthians 15:24 Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. | |
| Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: | |
| Ephesians 1:19-21 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, {20} Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, {21} Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: |
Conclusion: Calvinists are AnarchistsRomans 13:1-4 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. {2} Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. {3} For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: {4} For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
How an anarchist prays through Romans 13.
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Deposition of an Anarcho-Calvinist in Federal Court.
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(Exo 22:24 NRSV) my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.
(Job 19:29 NRSV) be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment."
(Psa 78:62 NRSV) He gave his people to the sword, and vented his wrath on his heritage.
(Amos 1:11 NRSV) Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity; he maintained his anger perpetually, and kept his wrath forever.
(Rom 13:4 NRSV) for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority does not bear the sword in vain! It is the servant of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.
(Rev 19:15 NRSV) From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron; he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
(Exo 5:3 KJV) And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Exo 5:3: The God (KJV): Ex 3:18
lest he (KJV): De 28:21 2Ki 17:25 2Ch 30:8 Ezr 7:23 Eze 6:11 Zec 14:16-19
(Lev 26:25 KJV) And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Lev 26:25: will bring (KJV): De 32:25,41 Jud 2:14-16 Ps 78:62-64 Isa 34:5,6 Jer 9:16 Jer 14:12,13 15:2-4 La 2:21 Eze 5:17 6:3 14:17 21:4-17 29:8 Eze 33:2
avenge (KJV): De 32:35 Ps 94:1 Eze 20:37 Heb 10:28-30
I will send (KJV): Nu 14:12 16:49 De 28:21 2Sa 24:15 Jer 14:12 24:10 29:17,18 Am 4:10 Lu 21:11
(1 Chr 21:12 KJV) Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
1 Chr 21:12: three years' famine (KJV): In 2 Sa 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there [tria <Strong's G5140> ete,] three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter [Zayin,] {zayin,} seven, being mistaken for [Giymel,] {gimmel,} three. Lev 26:26-29 2Sa 21:1 24:13 1Ki 17:1 2Ki 8:1 La 4:9 Lu 4:25
to be destroyed (KJV): Lev 26:17,36,37 De 28:15,25,51,52 Jer 42:16
the sword (KJV): 1Ch 21:16 Isa 66:16 Jer 12:12 47:6
even the pestilence (KJV): Lev 26:10,25 De 28:22,27,35 Ps 91:6 Eze 14:19-21
the angel (KJV): 1Ch 21:15,16 Ex 12:23 2Ki 19:35 Mt 13:49,50 Ac 12:23 Rev 7:1-3
Now therefore (KJV): 2Sa 24:13,14
(2 Chr 20:9 KJV) If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
2 Chr 20:9: when evil (KJV): 2Ch 6:28-30 1Ki 8:33,37
and in thy presence (KJV): Mt 18:20
thy name (KJV): 2Ch 6:20 Ex 20:24 23:21
is in this house (KJV): Several MSS. with the Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, read {nikra}, "is invoked:" "thy name is invoked in this house."
(Jer 14:12 KJV) When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Jer 14:12: they fast (KJV): Jer 11:11 Pr 1:28 28:9 Isa 1:15 58:3 Eze 8:18 Mic 3:4 Zec 7:13
and when (KJV): Jer 6:20 7:21,22 Pr 15:8 21:27 Isa 1:11-15
but (KJV): Jer 9:16 15:2,3 16:4 21:7-9 24:10 29:17,18 Eze 5:12-17 14:21
(Jer 21:7 KJV) And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jer 21:7: I will (KJV): Jer 24:8-10 34:19-22 37:17 38:21-23 39:4-7 52:8-11,24-27 2Ki 25:5-7,18-21 2Ch 36:17-20 Eze 12:12-16 17:20,21 21:25,26
he shall (KJV): Jer 13:14 De 28:50 2Ch 36:17 Isa 13:17,18 27:11 47:6 Eze 7:9 Eze 8:18 9:5,6,10 Hab 1:6-10
(Jer 21:9 KJV) He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Jer 21:9: that abideth (KJV): Jer 21:7 27:13 38:2,17-23
and his (KJV): Jer 38:2 39:18 45:5
(Jer 24:10 KJV) And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jer 24:10: Jer 5:12 9:16 14:15,16 15:2 16:4 19:7 34:17 Isa 51:19 Eze 5:12-17 Eze 6:12-14 7:15 14:12-21 33:27
(Jer 27:8 KJV) And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jer 27:8: And it (KJV): There is a peculiar grandeur, as well as propriety, in this method of predicting Nebuchadnezzar's rapid successes. The God of Israel, declaring himself to be the Lord of armies, and the Creator and Owner of the whole earth, with all its inhabitants and productions, and claiming full sovereignty over his creatures, avows his determination, for reasons he does not deign to assign, to give all the countries of the world to the king of Babylon, whom he calls his servant, because he would accomplish an important part of his most righteous designs. They,
therefore, who would escape the most dreadful judgments, must submit to the God of Israel, by submitting to Nebuchadnezzar; they must hearken to the prophets of Israel, and not to their own diviners; and they must observe, that Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson, would whatever opposition should be made, possess the full dominion of all these countries, till the appointed time was expired; and then, these haughty conquerors would in their turn become the prey of other powerful conquerors; all of which was most exactly fulfilled.
that nation (KJV): Jer 25:28,29 38:17-19 40:9 42:10-18 52:3-6 Eze 17:19-21
with the sword (KJV): Jer 24:10 Eze 14:21
(Jer 27:13 KJV) Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Jer 27:13: Why (KJV): Jer 38:20 Pr 8:36 Eze 18:24,31 33:11
by the sword (KJV): Jer 27:8 24:9 38:2 Eze 14:21
(Jer 29:17 KJV) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Jer 29:17: Behold (KJV): Jer 29:18 15:2,3 24:8-10 34:17-22 43:11 52:6 Eze 5:12-17 14:12-21 Lu 21:11,23
them like (KJV): Jer 24:1-3,8
(Jer 29:18 KJV) And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Jer 29:18: will deliver (KJV): Jer 15:4 24:9 34:17 Lev 26:33 De 28:25,64 2Ch 29:8 Ps 44:11 Eze 6:8 12:15 22:15 36:19 Am 9:9 Zec 7:14 Lu 21:24
to be a curse (KJV): Heb. for a curse, Jer 29:22 19:8 25:9 26:6 42:18 De 29:21-28 1Ki 9:7,8 2Ch 7:19-22 29:8 Isa 65:15 La 2:15,16
(Jer 32:24 KJV) Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Jer 32:24: mounts (KJV): or, engines of shot, Jer 33:4 Eze 21:22 The mounts were huge terraces raised up to plant their engines on; and so formed as to be capable of being moved forwards towards the city. See Note on 2 Sa 20:15.
the city is (KJV): Jer 32:3,25,36 21:4-7 37:6-10
because (KJV): Jer 14:12-15 15:1-3 16:4 24:10 52:6 La 2:21,22 4:3-10 Eze 14:21
what (KJV): De 4:26 31:16,17 32:24,25 Jos 23:15,16 Zec 1:6 Mt 24:35
(Jer 32:36 KJV) And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Jer 32:36: now (KJV): Jer 16:12-15 Isa 43:24,25 57:17,18 Eze 36:31,32 Ho 2:14 Ro 5:20 Eph 2:3-5
It (KJV): Jer 32:3,24,28
(Jer 34:17 KJV) Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Jer 34:17: behold (KJV): When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them. Lev 26:34,35 De 19:19 Jud 1:6,7 Es 7:10 Da 6:24 Mt 7:2 Lu 6:37,38 Ga 6:7 Jas 2:13 Rev 16:6
to the sword (KJV): Jer 15:2 21:7 24:10 32:24,36 47:6,7 Eze 14:17-21
I will (KJV): Jer 15:4 24:9,10 29:18 De 28:25,64
to be removed (KJV): Heb. for a removing, La 1:8 *marg:
(Jer 38:2 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Jer 38:2: He (KJV): Jer 38:17-23 21:8,9 24:8 27:13 29:18 34:17 42:17,22 44:13 Eze 5:12-17 6:11 7:15 14:21 Mt 24:7,8 Rev 6:4-8
shall have (KJV): Jer 21:9 39:18 45:5
(Jer 42:17 KJV) So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Jer 42:17: it be with all the men (KJV): Heb. all the men be
they shall (KJV): Jer 42:22 24:10 44:14
none (KJV): Jer 44:28
(Jer 42:22 KJV) Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
Jer 42:22: know (KJV): Jer 42:17 43:11 Eze 5:3,4 6:11
in the (KJV): Ho 9:6
to go and to sojourn (KJV): or, to go to sojourn
(Jer 44:13 KJV) For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Jer 44:13: Jer 44:27,28 11:22 21:9 24:10 42:18 43:11
(Ezek 5:12 KJV) A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek 5:12: third part of (KJV): Eze 5:2 6:12 Jer 15:2 21:9 Zec 13:7-9
and I will scatter (KJV): Eze 5:2,10 6:8 Jer 9:16 Zec 7:14
and I will draw (KJV): This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed. Eze 5:2 12:14 Lev 26:33 De 28:65 Jer 42:16,17,22 43:10,11 44:27 Am 9:4
(Ezek 5:17 KJV) So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezek 5:17: and evil (KJV): Eze 14:15,21 33:27 34:25-28 Ex 23:29 Lev 26:22 De 32:24 2Ki 17:25 Jer 15:3
and pestilence (KJV): Eze 5:12 14:19 38:22
and I (KJV): Eze 6:12 21:3 23:47
I the (KJV): Eze 5:13,15 17:21,24 21:32 22:14 26:14 30:12 37:14 Mt 24:35
(Ezek 6:11 KJV) Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Ezek 6:11: Smite (KJV): Eze 21:14-17 Nu 24:10 Isa 58:1 Jer 9:1,10
Alas (KJV): Eze 9:4 Jer 30:7 Joe 1:15 Am 5:16 Rev 18:10,16-19
fall (KJV): Eze 5:12 14:21 Jer 15:2,3 16:4 24:10
(Ezek 6:12 KJV) He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Ezek 6:12: far off (KJV): Da 9:7
thus (KJV): Eze 5:13 Isa 40:2 La 4:11,22
(Ezek 7:15 KJV) The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Ezek 7:15: Eze 5:12 De 32:23-25 Jer 14:18 15:2,3 La 1:20
(Ezek 12:16 KJV) But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 12:16: I will (KJV): Eze 6:8-10 14:22,23 Isa 1:9 6:13 10:22 24:13 Jer 4:27 30:11 Am 9:8,9 Mt 7:14 24:22 Ro 11:4,5
a few men (KJV): Heb. men of number, Ge 13:16 Isa 10:19 Ro 9:27
that they (KJV): Eze 14:22,23 36:31 Lev 26:40,41 Jer 3:24,25 Da 9:5-12
and they (KJV): De 29:24-28 1Ki 9:6-9 Jer 22:8,9
(Ezek 14:21 KJV) For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Ezek 14:21: How much more when (KJV): or, Also when
my four (KJV): Eze 14:13,15,17,19 5:12,17 6:11,12 33:27 Jer 15:2,3 Am 4:6-12 Rev 6:4-8
(Ezek 28:23 KJV) For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 28:23: I will send (KJV): Eze 5:12 38:22 Jer 15:2
and they shall (KJV): Eze 25:7,11,17 26:6
(Ezek 33:27 KJV) Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
Ezek 33:27: surely (KJV): Eze 33:24 5:12-17 6:11-14 Jer 15:2-4 42:22 44:12
will I (KJV): Eze 39:4
to be devoured (KJV): Heb. to devour him
in the caves (KJV): Jud 6:2 1Sa 13:6 22:1 23:14 24:3 Jer 41:9
(Amos 4:10 KJV) I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos 4:10: pestilence (KJV): Ex 9:3-6 12:29,30 15:26 Lev 26:16,25 De 7:15 28:22,27,60 Ps 78:49,50
after the manner (KJV): or, in the way
your young (KJV): Lev 26:25 2Ki 8:12 10:32 Jer 6:11 11:22 18:21 48:15
and have taken away your horses (KJV): Heb. with the captivity of your horses, 2Ki 13:3,7
the stink (KJV): Am 8:3 De 28:26 Jer 8:1,2 9:22 15:3 16:4 Joe 2:20
yet (KJV): Am 4:6 Ex 8:19 9:12,17,34,35 10:3,27 14:4
(1 Chr 21:12 KJV) Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
1 Chr 21:12: three years' famine (KJV): In 2 Sa 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there [tria <Strong's G5140> ete,] three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter [Zayin,] {zayin,} seven, being mistaken for [Giymel,] {gimmel,} three. Lev 26:26-29 2Sa 21:1 24:13 1Ki 17:1 2Ki 8:1 La 4:9 Lu 4:25
to be destroyed (KJV): Lev 26:17,36,37 De 28:15,25,51,52 Jer 42:16
the sword (KJV): 1Ch 21:16 Isa 66:16 Jer 12:12 47:6
even the pestilence (KJV): Lev 26:10,25 De 28:22,27,35 Ps 91:6 Eze 14:19-21
the angel (KJV): 1Ch 21:15,16 Ex 12:23 2Ki 19:35 Mt 13:49,50 Ac 12:23 Rev 7:1-3
Now therefore (KJV): 2Sa 24:13,14
(2 Chr 20:9 KJV) If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
2 Chr 20:9: when evil (KJV): 2Ch 6:28-30 1Ki 8:33,37
and in thy presence (KJV): Mt 18:20
thy name (KJV): 2Ch 6:20 Ex 20:24 23:21
is in this house (KJV): Several MSS. with the Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, read {nikra}, "is invoked:" "thy name is invoked in this house."
(Job 5:20 KJV) In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Job 5:20: famine (KJV): Ge 45:7 1Ki 17:6 Ps 33:19 Pr 10:3 Isa 33:16 Hab 3:17
redeem (KJV): Ps 49:7 Ho 13:14
in war (KJV): Ps 27:3 Mt 24:6
the power (KJV): Heb. hands
(Isa 51:19 KJV) These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isa 51:19: two things (KJV): Isa 47:9 Eze 14:21
are come (KJV): Heb. happened
who shall (KJV): Job 2:11 Ps 69:20 Jer 9:17-21 La 1:9,12,17 Am 7:2
destruction (KJV): Heb. breaking
by whom (KJV): Isa 22:4 61:2 Job 42:11 Ec 4:1 La 1:16 Am 7:2 2Co 7:6,7,13 2Th 2:16,17
(Jer 5:12 KJV) They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Jer 5:12: have belied (KJV): Jer 5:31 4:10 14:13,14 23:14-17 28:15-17 43:2,3 De 29:19 1Sa 6:9 2Ch 36:16 Isa 28:14,15 Eze 12:22-28 13:6 Mic 2:11 3:11 Hab 1:5,6 1Jn 5:10
neither (KJV): Jer 23:17 28:4 Ps 10:6 1Th 5:2,3
(Jer 11:22 KJV) Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Jer 11:22: punish (KJV): Heb. visit upon
young (KJV): Jer 9:21 18:21 2Ch 36:17 La 2:21 1Th 2:15,16
(Jer 14:12 KJV) When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Jer 14:12: they fast (KJV): Jer 11:11 Pr 1:28 28:9 Isa 1:15 58:3 Eze 8:18 Mic 3:4 Zec 7:13
and when (KJV): Jer 6:20 7:21,22 Pr 15:8 21:27 Isa 1:11-15
but (KJV): Jer 9:16 15:2,3 16:4 21:7-9 24:10 29:17,18 Eze 5:12-17 14:21
(Jer 14:13 KJV) Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
Jer 14:13: Ah (KJV): Jer 1:6 4:10
behold (KJV): Jer 5:31 6:14 8:11 23:17 28:2-5 Eze 13:10-16,22 Mic 3:11 2Pe 2:1
assured peace (KJV): Heb. peace of truth
(Jer 14:15 KJV) Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jer 14:15: Sword and famine shall not (KJV): Jer 5:12,13 6:15 8:12 20:6 23:14,15 28:15-17 29:20,21 31,32 1Ki 22:25 Eze 14:10 Am 7:17 2Pe 2:1-3,14-17 Rev 19:20
(Jer 14:16 KJV) And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Jer 14:16: the people (KJV): Jer 5:31 Isa 9:16 Mt 15:14
be cast (KJV): Jer 7:33 9:22 15:2,3 16:4 18:21 19:6,7 Ps 79:2,3
for (KJV): Jer 2:17-19 4:18 13:22-25 Pr 1:31 Rev 16:1
(Jer 14:18 KJV) If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jer 14:18: go forth (KJV): Jer 52:6,7 La 1:20 4:9 Eze 7:15
yea (KJV): Jer 6:13 8:10 23:21 De 28:36,64 Isa 28:7 La 4:13-16
go about (KJV): etc. or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not, Jer 2:8 5:31 Mic 3:11 2Pe 2:3
(Jer 15:2 KJV) And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jer 15:2: for death (KJV): Jer 14:12 24:9,10 43:11 Isa 24:18 Eze 5:2,12 14:21 Da 9:12 Am 5:19 Zec 11:9 Rev 6:3-8
(Jer 16:4 KJV) They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jer 16:4: die (KJV): Jer 14:16 15:2,3 Ps 78:64
not (KJV): Jer 16:5-7 22:18 25:33 Am 6:9,10
neither (KJV): Jer 7:33 22:19 36:30 Ps 79:2,3
as dung (KJV): Jer 8:1-3 9:22 25:33 1Ki 14:10,11 21:23,24 2Ki 9:10,36,37 Ps 83:10 Isa 5:25 Zep 1:17
consumed (KJV): Jer 14:15 34:17 44:12,27 Eze 5:12
meat (KJV): Jer 34:20 Ps 79:2 Isa 18:6 Eze 39:17-20 Rev 19:17,18
(Jer 18:21 KJV) Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Jer 18:21: deliver (KJV): Jer 11:20-23 12:3 20:1-6,11,12 Ps 109:9-20 2Ti 4:14
pour out their blood (KJV): Heb. pour them out
let their wives (KJV): Jer 15:2,3,8 16:3,4 Ex 22:24 De 32:25 La 5:3
let their young (KJV): Jer 9:21 11:22 2Ch 36:17 Am 4:10
(Jer 21:7 KJV) And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jer 21:7: I will (KJV): Jer 24:8-10 34:19-22 37:17 38:21-23 39:4-7 52:8-11,24-27 2Ki 25:5-7,18-21 2Ch 36:17-20 Eze 12:12-16 17:20,21 21:25,26
he shall (KJV): Jer 13:14 De 28:50 2Ch 36:17 Isa 13:17,18 27:11 47:6 Eze 7:9 Eze 8:18 9:5,6,10 Hab 1:6-10
(Jer 21:9 KJV) He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Jer 21:9: that abideth (KJV): Jer 21:7 27:13 38:2,17-23
and his (KJV): Jer 38:2 39:18 45:5
(Jer 24:10 KJV) And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jer 24:10: Jer 5:12 9:16 14:15,16 15:2 16:4 19:7 34:17 Isa 51:19 Eze 5:12-17 Eze 6:12-14 7:15 14:12-21 33:27
(Jer 27:8 KJV) And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jer 27:8: And it (KJV): There is a peculiar grandeur, as well as propriety, in this method of predicting Nebuchadnezzar's rapid successes. The God of Israel, declaring himself to be the Lord of armies, and the Creator and Owner of the whole earth, with all its inhabitants and productions, and claiming full sovereignty over his creatures, avows his determination, for reasons he does not deign to assign, to give all the countries of the world to the king of Babylon, whom he calls his servant, because he would accomplish an important part of his most righteous designs. They,
therefore, who would escape the most dreadful judgments, must submit to the God of Israel, by submitting to Nebuchadnezzar; they must hearken to the prophets of Israel, and not to their own diviners; and they must observe, that Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson, would whatever opposition should be made, possess the full dominion of all these countries, till the appointed time was expired; and then, these haughty conquerors would in their turn become the prey of other powerful conquerors; all of which was most exactly fulfilled.
that nation (KJV): Jer 25:28,29 38:17-19 40:9 42:10-18 52:3-6 Eze 17:19-21
with the sword (KJV): Jer 24:10 Eze 14:21
(Jer 27:13 KJV) Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Jer 27:13: Why (KJV): Jer 38:20 Pr 8:36 Eze 18:24,31 33:11
by the sword (KJV): Jer 27:8 24:9 38:2 Eze 14:21
(Jer 29:17 KJV) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Jer 29:17: Behold (KJV): Jer 29:18 15:2,3 24:8-10 34:17-22 43:11 52:6 Eze 5:12-17 14:12-21 Lu 21:11,23
them like (KJV): Jer 24:1-3,8
(Jer 29:18 KJV) And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
Jer 29:18: will deliver (KJV): Jer 15:4 24:9 34:17 Lev 26:33 De 28:25,64 2Ch 29:8 Ps 44:11 Eze 6:8 12:15 22:15 36:19 Am 9:9 Zec 7:14 Lu 21:24
to be a curse (KJV): Heb. for a curse, Jer 29:22 19:8 25:9 26:6 42:18 De 29:21-28 1Ki 9:7,8 2Ch 7:19-22 29:8 Isa 65:15 La 2:15,16
(Jer 32:24 KJV) Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Jer 32:24: mounts (KJV): or, engines of shot, Jer 33:4 Eze 21:22 The mounts were huge terraces raised up to plant their engines on; and so formed as to be capable of being moved forwards towards the city. See Note on 2 Sa 20:15.
the city is (KJV): Jer 32:3,25,36 21:4-7 37:6-10
because (KJV): Jer 14:12-15 15:1-3 16:4 24:10 52:6 La 2:21,22 4:3-10 Eze 14:21
what (KJV): De 4:26 31:16,17 32:24,25 Jos 23:15,16 Zec 1:6 Mt 24:35
(Jer 32:36 KJV) And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Jer 32:36: now (KJV): Jer 16:12-15 Isa 43:24,25 57:17,18 Eze 36:31,32 Ho 2:14 Ro 5:20 Eph 2:3-5
It (KJV): Jer 32:3,24,28
(Jer 34:17 KJV) Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Jer 34:17: behold (KJV): When they proclaimed liberty to their slaves, God restrained the sword from cutting them off; but now having resumed their authority over them, He proclaimed liberty to these dire judgments to seize upon, and destroy them. Lev 26:34,35 De 19:19 Jud 1:6,7 Es 7:10 Da 6:24 Mt 7:2 Lu 6:37,38 Ga 6:7 Jas 2:13 Rev 16:6
to the sword (KJV): Jer 15:2 21:7 24:10 32:24,36 47:6,7 Eze 14:17-21
I will (KJV): Jer 15:4 24:9,10 29:18 De 28:25,64
to be removed (KJV): Heb. for a removing, La 1:8 *marg:
(Jer 38:2 KJV) Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Jer 38:2: He (KJV): Jer 38:17-23 21:8,9 24:8 27:13 29:18 34:17 42:17,22 44:13 Eze 5:12-17 6:11 7:15 14:21 Mt 24:7,8 Rev 6:4-8
shall have (KJV): Jer 21:9 39:18 45:5
(Jer 42:16 KJV) Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jer 42:16: that the sword (KJV): Jer 42:13 44:13,27 De 28:15,22,45 Pr 13:21 Eze 11:8 Am 9:1-4 Zec 1:6 Joh 11:48
follow close (KJV): Heb. cleave
there ye (KJV): Jer 44:11,12,27
(Jer 42:17 KJV) So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
Jer 42:17: it be with all the men (KJV): Heb. all the men be
they shall (KJV): Jer 42:22 24:10 44:14
none (KJV): Jer 44:28
(Jer 42:22 KJV) Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
Jer 42:22: know (KJV): Jer 42:17 43:11 Eze 5:3,4 6:11
in the (KJV): Ho 9:6
to go and to sojourn (KJV): or, to go to sojourn
(Jer 44:12 KJV) And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Jer 44:12: I will take (KJV): Jer 42:15-18,22
from the (KJV): Ho 4:6
and they shall be (KJV): Jer 44:8 29:22 Isa 65:15
(Jer 44:13 KJV) For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Jer 44:13: Jer 44:27,28 11:22 21:9 24:10 42:18 43:11
(Jer 44:18 KJV) But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Jer 44:18: we have (KJV): Jer 40:12 Nu 11:5,6 Job 21:14,15 Ps 73:9-15 Mal 3:13-15
(Jer 44:27 KJV) Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Jer 44:27: will watch (KJV): Jer 1:10 21:10 31:28 Eze 7:6
shall be (KJV): Jer 44:12,18 2Ki 21:14
(Ezek 5:12 KJV) A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek 5:12: third part of (KJV): Eze 5:2 6:12 Jer 15:2 21:9 Zec 13:7-9
and I will scatter (KJV): Eze 5:2,10 6:8 Jer 9:16 Zec 7:14
and I will draw (KJV): This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed. Eze 5:2 12:14 Lev 26:33 De 28:65 Jer 42:16,17,22 43:10,11 44:27 Am 9:4
(Ezek 5:17 KJV) So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezek 5:17: and evil (KJV): Eze 14:15,21 33:27 34:25-28 Ex 23:29 Lev 26:22 De 32:24 2Ki 17:25 Jer 15:3
and pestilence (KJV): Eze 5:12 14:19 38:22
and I (KJV): Eze 6:12 21:3 23:47
I the (KJV): Eze 5:13,15 17:21,24 21:32 22:14 26:14 30:12 37:14 Mt 24:35
(Ezek 6:11 KJV) Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Ezek 6:11: Smite (KJV): Eze 21:14-17 Nu 24:10 Isa 58:1 Jer 9:1,10
Alas (KJV): Eze 9:4 Jer 30:7 Joe 1:15 Am 5:16 Rev 18:10,16-19
fall (KJV): Eze 5:12 14:21 Jer 15:2,3 16:4 24:10
(Ezek 6:12 KJV) He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Ezek 6:12: far off (KJV): Da 9:7
thus (KJV): Eze 5:13 Isa 40:2 La 4:11,22
(Ezek 7:15 KJV) The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Ezek 7:15: Eze 5:12 De 32:23-25 Jer 14:18 15:2,3 La 1:20
(Ezek 12:16 KJV) But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek 12:16: I will (KJV): Eze 6:8-10 14:22,23 Isa 1:9 6:13 10:22 24:13 Jer 4:27 30:11 Am 9:8,9 Mt 7:14 24:22 Ro 11:4,5
a few men (KJV): Heb. men of number, Ge 13:16 Isa 10:19 Ro 9:27
that they (KJV): Eze 14:22,23 36:31 Lev 26:40,41 Jer 3:24,25 Da 9:5-12
and they (KJV): De 29:24-28 1Ki 9:6-9 Jer 22:8,9
(Ezek 14:21 KJV) For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Ezek 14:21: How much more when (KJV): or, Also when
my four (KJV): Eze 14:13,15,17,19 5:12,17 6:11,12 33:27 Jer 15:2,3 Am 4:6-12 Rev 6:4-8
(Rom 8:35 KJV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:35: shall separate (KJV): Ro 8:39 Ps 103:17 Jer 31:3 Joh 10:28 13:1 2Th 2:13,14,16 Rev 1:5
shall tribulation (KJV): Ro 8:17 5:3-5 Mt 5:10-12 10:28-31 Lu 21:12-18 Joh 16:33 Ac 14:22 Ac 20:23,24 2Co 4:17 6:4-10 11:23-27 2Ti 1:12 4:16-18 Heb 12:3-11 Jas 1:2-4 1Pe 1:5-7 4:12-14 Rev 7:14-17