2 For yI will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and zthe city shall be taken aand the houses plundered band the women raped. cHalf of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
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Joel 3:2
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land,
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Isaiah 13:16
Their infants will be dashed in pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives ravished.
Lamentations 5:11
Women are raped in Zion,
young women in the towns of Judah.
Zechariah 13:8
In the whole land, declares the LORD,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
and one third shall be left alive.
Matthew 24:40–41
Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
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