7 occurrences

'Plunder' in the Bible

I'll give it as plunder into the control of strangers and as the spoils of war to the wicked who will invade the land to profane it.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSuffering From ForeignersProsperity Of The Wicked

This is what the Lord GOD says: "Bring an army against them and deliver them over to terror and plunder.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingPeople OpposedPeople Appalled

therefore you'd better watch out! I'm raising a clenched fist in your direction! I'm about to feed you to the surrounding nations as war plunder. I'm going to eliminate you as a nation and kill off those of you who survive to live in other countries. I'm going to destroy you, and that's how you'll learn that I am the LORD.'"

Verse ConceptsStrength Of God

They will plunder your riches and loot your businesses. They'll tear down your walls and demolish your luxurious homes. They'll grab the stones, wood, and rubble from the destruction and dump it all into the Mediterranean Sea.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesBuilding Stones RejectedDrawbacks To RichesWood And Stone

""Because this is what the Lord GOD says: "Motivated by my burning zealousness, I have spoken against the rest of the surrounding nations, including Edom, who confiscated my land, taking possession of it with joyful enthusiasm and with animal-like malice, in order to plunder Israel's pastures.'

Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfNationalismConquestFire Of God's AngerRejoicing In EvilTaking Possession

They won't need to cut down trees from the fields nor gather firewood from the forests, because they will light fires with the weapons as they plunder the plunderers and loot the looters!" declares the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsForestsDisarmamentPlunderingFirewoodWeapons For Fuel

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