Job 34:24
He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
BSB
ASV
He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
KJV
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Yet, when God destroys tyranny, he does not design anarchy; if those are brought down that ruled ill, it does not therefore follow that people must have no rulers; for, when he breaks mighty men, he sets others in their stead, that will rule better, or, if they do not, he overturns them also in the night, or in a night, so that they are destroyed,
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Daniel 2:21He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
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Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it…
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for…
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Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
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And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
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Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
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but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…