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Hosea 2:3
If she doesn’t stop it, I will strip her naked. I’ll make her as bare as she was on the day she was born. I’ll make her like a desert. She will become like dry land. And I’ll let her die of thirst.
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Lamentations 2:21
“ Young people and old people alike lie dead in the dust of my streets. My young men and women have been killed by swords. You killed them when you were angry. You put them to death without pity.
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Lamentations 1:18
Jerusalem says,“ The Lord always does what is right. But I refused to obey his commands. Listen, all you nations. Pay attention to how much I’m suffering. My young men and women have been taken away as prisoners.
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Zechariah 9:17
How very beautiful they will be! Grain and fresh wine will make the young men and young women strong.
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Isaiah 40:30
Even young people become worn out and get tired. Even the best of them trip and fall.
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Psalms 63:1
God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.
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Deuteronomy 32:25
In the streets their children will be killed by swords. Their homes will be filled with terror. The young men and women will die. The babies and old people will die.
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Isaiah 41:17-20
“ Those who are poor and needy search for water. But there isn’t any. Their tongues are dry because they are thirsty. But I will help them. I am the Lord. I will not desert them. I am Israel’s God.I will make streams flow on the bare hilltops. I will make springs come up in the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water. I will turn the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs.I will make trees grow in the desert. I will plant cedar and acacia trees there. I will plant myrtle and olive trees there. I will make juniper trees grow in the dry and empty desert. I will plant fir and cypress trees there.Then people will see and know that my powerful hand has done it. They will consider and understand that I have created it. I am the Holy One of Israel.”
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Jeremiah 48:18
“ Come down from your glorious city, you who live in Dibon. Come and sit on the thirsty ground. The one who destroys Moab will come up and attack you. Your enemies will destroy your cities that have high walls around them.
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Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the city of Zion sit silently on the ground. They have sprinkled dust on their heads. They’ve put on the clothes of sadness. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads toward the ground.
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Psalms 144:12-15
While our sons are young, they will be like healthy plants. Our daughters will be like pillars that have been made to decorate a palace.Our storerooms will be filled with every kind of food. The sheep in our fields will increase by thousands. They will increase by tens of thousands.Our oxen will pull heavy loads. None of our city walls will be broken down. No one will be carried off as a prisoner. No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.Blessed is the nation about whom all these things are true. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.