Lamentations 4:20
"The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen."
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- 2 Samuel 1:14
"And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 39:5
"But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 19:21
"But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 2:7
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 12:13
"My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there."
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 2:9
"Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 1:21
"Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil."
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 17:18
"Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 89:20
"I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 19:4
"The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt."
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