24 Look, a people rises (A)like a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
(B)It shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

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24 The people rise like a lioness;(A)
    they rouse themselves like a lion(B)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood(C) of its victims.”

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11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to (A)gather together and protect their lives—to (B)destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their possessions,

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11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[a] and to plunder(A) the property of their enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;

10 They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; (A)and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord God.

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10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder(A) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.(B)

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The Day of the Lord(A)

14 Behold, (B)the day of the Lord is coming,
And your [a]spoil will be divided in your midst.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:1 plunder or booty

The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord(A) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions(B) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

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