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Jer 47:2 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

waters		Jer 46:7,8; Isa 8:7,8; Isa 28:17; Isa 59:19; Dan 11:22; Amo 9:5,6; Nah 1:8; Rev 12:15,16; Rev 17:1,15
out of		Jer 1:14; Jer 46:6,20
all that is therein		Heb. the fulness thereof. Jer 8:16; *marg:; Psa 24:1; Psa 50:12; Psa 96:11; Psa 98:7; 1Cr 10:26,28
then the		Jer 46:13; Jer 48:3-5,39; Isa 15:2-5,8; Isa 22:1,4,5; Zep 1:10,11; Jam 5:1

Correlating Passages

waters

	Jer 46:7	Who [is] this [that] cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
	Jer 46:8	Egypt riseth up like a flood, and [his] waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, [and] will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
	Isa 8:7	Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
	Isa 8:8	And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
	Isa 28:17	Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
	Isa 59:19	So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
	Dan 11:22	And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
	Amo 9:5	And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.
	Amo 9:6	[It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name.
	Nah 1:8	But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
	Rev 12:15	And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
	Rev 12:16	And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
	Rev 17:1	And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
	Rev 17:15	And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

out of

	Jer 1:14	Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
	Jer 46:6	Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
	Jer 46:20	Egypt [is like] a very fair heifer, [but] destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.

all that is therein

	Jer 8:16	The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
	Psa 24:1	[[A Psalm of David.]] The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
	Psa 50:12	If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.
	Psa 96:11	Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
	Psa 98:7	Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
	1Cr 10:26	For the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
	1Cr 10:28	But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:

then the

	Jer 46:13	The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come [and] smite the land of Egypt.
	Jer 48:3	A voice of crying [shall be] from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
	Jer 48:4	Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
	Jer 48:5	For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
	Jer 48:39	They shall howl, [saying], How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
	Isa 15:2	He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.
	Isa 15:3	In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
	Isa 15:4	And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard [even] unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
	Isa 15:5	My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives [shall flee] unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
	Isa 15:8	For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
	Isa 22:1	The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
	Isa 22:4	Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
	Isa 22:5	For [it is] a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
	Zep 1:10	And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, [that there shall be] the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
	Zep 1:11	Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
	Jam 5:1	Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].

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