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Isaiah 10:23

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For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
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  1. Isaiah 28:22Rank 1 from verse 23
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    22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

  2. Daniel 4:35Rank 2 from verse 23
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    35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

  3. Isaiah 14:26–27Rank 3 from verse 23
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    26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

    27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  4. Isaiah 24:1–23Rank 4 from verse 23
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    1BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

    2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

    3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

    4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

    5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

    6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

    7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

    8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

    10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

    11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

    12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

    13¶ When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

    14They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

    15Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

    16¶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

    17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

    18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

    19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

    20The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

    21And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

    22And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

    23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

  5. Romans 9:28Rank 5 from verse 23
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    28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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Isaiah 10:23

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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GOD

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The divine name of the living God, used chiefly in the title Lord GOD.

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hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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determined

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of determine, meaning to decide or render judgment.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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22For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

23For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

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24¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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