1 Samuel 9:9
9(Formerly in Israel, when a man awent to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for today’s “prophet” was formerly called a seer.)Jeremiah 1:11-14
11And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, b“Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see an almond ▼▼ Almond sounds like the Hebrew for watching (compare verse 12)
branch.” 12Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.” 13The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see da boiling pot, facing away efrom the north.” 14Then the Lord said to me, f“Out of the north disaster ▼
▼The Hebrew word can mean evil, harm, or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jeremiah
shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land. Amos 7:8
8And the Lord said to me, h“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,“Behold, I am setting ia plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
jI will never again pass by them;
Amos 8:2
2And he said, k“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, l“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,m“The end ▼ has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.
Zechariah 4:2
2And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, oa lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and pseven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.Zechariah 5:2
2And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying qscroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.” ▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Zechariah 5:5-11
A Vision of a Woman in a Basket
5 sThen the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, t“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” 6And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is uthe basket ▼▼Hebrew ephah; also verses 7–11. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity ▼▼One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts eye
in all the land.” 7And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 8And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down xthe leaden weight on its opening. 9Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! yThe wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. 10Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11He said to me, “To the zland of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”
Matthew 25:32-33
32Before him aawill be gathered aball the nations, and ache will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates adthe sheep from the goats. 33And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
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