Behold the day, behold it is come: destruction is gone forth, the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

behold, it

Ezekiel 7:6 An end is come, the end is come, it hath awaked against thee: behold it is come.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.

the morning

Ezekiel 7:7 Destruction is come upon thee that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of slaughter is near, and not of the joy of mountains.

the rod

Ezekiel 19:14 And a fire is gone out from a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.

Ezekiel 21:10,13 It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree. . . .

Numbers 17:8 He returned on the following day, and found that the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the buds swelling it hid bloomed blossoms, which spreading the leaves, were formed into almonds.

Isaiah 10:5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.

pride

Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of a fool is the rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower the glory his joy, who were on the head of the fat valley, staggering with wine.

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James 4:6 But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.