Deuteronomy 28:50-68

50a hard-faced nation ^awho shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young. 51It shall ^beat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.

52“They shall ^cbesiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you. 53And ^dyou shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, ^ein the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you. 54The man who is the most tender and refined among you will ^fbegrudge food to his brother, to ^gthe wife he embraces, ▼

▼Hebrew  the wife of his bosom

and to the last of the children whom he has left, 55so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, ⁱin the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns. 56 ^jThe most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces, ▼

▼Hebrew  the husband of her bosom

to her son and to her daughter, 57her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, ^lin the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.

58“If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, ^mthe Lord your God, 59then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting. 60And he will bring upon you again all ⁿthe diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. 61Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the Lord will bring upon you, until you are destroyed. 62Whereas ^oyou were as numerous ^pas the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God. 63And as the Lord ^qtook delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will ^rtake delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

64“And the Lord ^swill scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and ^tthere you shall serve other gods ^uof wood and stone, ^vwhich neither you nor your fathers have known. 65And ^wamong these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but ^xthe Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and ^ya languishing soul. 66Your life shall hang in doubt before you. Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life. 67 ^zIn the morning you shall say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and at evening you shall say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and ^aathe sights that your eyes shall see. 68And the Lord ^abwill bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that ^acyou should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”

Daniel 9:26-27

26And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall ^adbe cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come ^aeshall destroy the city and the sanctuary. ^afIts ▼

▼Or His

end shall come with a flood, ^ahand to the end there shall be war. ^aiDesolations are decreed. 27And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, ▼

▼Or seven; twice in this verse

and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. ^akAnd on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until ^althe decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

Zechariah 13:7-8

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^ammy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^an“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
^aoand one third shall be left alive.

Zechariah 14:1-2

The Coming Day of the Lord

1Behold, ^apa day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2For ^aqI will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and ^arthe city shall be taken ^asand the houses plundered ^atand the women raped. ^auHalf of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Matthew 21:40-42

40 ^avWhen therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” 41They said to him, ^aw“He will put those wretches to a miserable death and ^axlet out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

42Jesus said to them, ^ay“Have you never read in the Scriptures:

^az“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone; ▼

▼Greek  the head of the corner

this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Matthew 22:7

7The king was angry, and he sent his troops and ^bbdestroyed those murderers and burned their city.