Numbers 33:55
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55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from you, then it will come about that those whom you let remain of them will be (A)like thorns in your eyes and like pricks in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live.
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Numbers 33:55
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55 “‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns(A) in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.
Joshua 23:13
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13 know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to [a]drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a (A)snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
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- Joshua 23:13 Or dispossess
Joshua 23:13
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13 then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out(A) these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares(B) and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes,(C) until you perish from this good land,(D) which the Lord your God has given you.
Isaiah 55:13
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13 Instead of the (A)thorn bush, the (B)juniper will come up,
And instead of the (C)stinging nettle, the myrtle will come up;
And [a]it will be a [b](D)memorial to the Lord,
An everlasting (E)sign which (F)will not be eliminated.”
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- Isaiah 55:13 I.e., the transformation of the desert
- Isaiah 55:13 Lit name
Isaiah 55:13
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Ezekiel 2:6
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6 And as for you, son of man, you are (A)not to fear them nor fear their words, though (B)thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; you are not to fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, since they are a rebellious house.
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Ezekiel 2:6
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6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid(A) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns(B) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(C)
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