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Judges 9:20

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

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ASV

but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

KJV

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאִם־ve.'im-and ifH518 →
אַ֕יִן'A.yinnotH369 →
תֵּ֤צֵאTe.tze'let it go outH3318 →
אֵשׁ֙'esha fireH784 →
מֵאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְme.'a.vi.Me.lekhfrom AbimelechH40 →
וְתֹאכַ֛לve.to.Khaland let it consumeH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בַּעֲלֵ֥יba.'a.Lei[the] citizens ofH1167 →
שְׁכֶ֖םshe.KhemShechemH7927 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
בֵּ֣יתbeitBethH1037 →
מִלּ֑וֹאmi.Lo'MilloH1037 →
וְתֵצֵ֨אve.te.Tze'and let it go outH3318 →
אֵ֜שׁ'esha fireH784 →
מִבַּעֲלֵ֤יmi.ba.'a.Leifrom [the] citizens ofH1167 →
שְׁכֶם֙she.KhemShechemH7927 →
וּמִבֵּ֣יתu.mi.Beitand from BethH1037 →
מִלּ֔וֹאmi.Lo'MilloH1037 →
וְתֹאכַ֖לve.to.Khaland let it consumeH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40 →

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Judges 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’Judges 9:57And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.Psalms 28:4Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.Psalms 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.2 Chronicles 20:22–23The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.Judges 9:56–57In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.2 Kings 2:24Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.Judges 9:53But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.Judges 9:23God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,Judges 7:22And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.Psalms 52:1–5Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.Psalms 120:3–4What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?Psalms 21:9–10You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.Judges 9:44Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.Judges 9:49So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.Jeremiah 51:35May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.Numbers 21:28For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.Proverbs 26:1Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

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The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Gideon's Sons — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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