Rebuke the beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Rebuke the beast
Isaiah 27:1 In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword--his fierce, great and powerful sword--Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
Isaiah 59:1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear to dull to hear.
Ezekiel 29:3 "Speak to him and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, "The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself." ' "
among the reeds
Job 40:21 "Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh."
the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations
Psalm 22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
Isaiah 34:7 And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat.
Jeremiah 50:27 "Kill all her (Babylon's) young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished."
Scatter the nations
Psalm 18:14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
Psalm 89:10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
who delight in war
Psalm 120:7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalm 140:1-2 Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
(parentheses are mine)
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