Pro 29:1, Isa 13:1-5, 16-18, 21:2-9, 41:25, 45:1-3, 46:11, 47:11 | ESV | STEP | He who is often reproved , yet stiffens his neck , will suddenly be broken beyond healing .

Proverbs 29:1

1 ^aHe who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,
will suddenly be ^bbroken ^cbeyond healing.

Isaiah 13:1-5

The Judgment of Babylon

1 The oracle concerning ^dBabylon which ^eIsaiah the son of Amoz saw.

2 On a bare hill ^fraise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for ^gthem to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones. ^{▼▼Or those who exult in my majesty}
4 The sound ⁱof a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
^jThe Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 ^kThey come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land. ^{▼▼Or earth; also verse 9}

Isaiah 13:16-18

16 ^mTheir infants will be dashed in pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives ravished.
17 Behold, ⁿI am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 ^oTheir bows will slaughter ^{▼▼Hebrew dash in pieces} the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.

Isaiah 21:2-9

2 A stern vision is told to me;
^qthe traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O ^rElam;
lay siege, O ^sMedia;
all the ^tsighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
^upangs have seized me,
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
^vthe twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
5 ^wThey prepare the table,
they spread the rugs, ^{▼▼Or they set the watchman}
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
^yoil the shield!
6 For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman;
let him announce what he sees.
7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
8 Then he who saw cried out: ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion}
^aa“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
^abAnd he answered,
^ac“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
^adand all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”

Isaiah 41:25

25 ^aeI stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
^affrom the rising of the sun, ^agand he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.

Isaiah 45:1-3

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

1 Thus says the Lord to ^ahhis anointed, to Cyrus,
^aiwhose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and ^ajto loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and ^aklevel the exalted places, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains}
^amI will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
3 ^anI will give you the treasures of darkness
and the hoards in secret places,
that you may know that it is I, the Lord,
the God of Israel, ^aowho call you by your name.

Isaiah 46:11

11 ^apcalling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
^aqI have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.

Isaiah 47:11

11 But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
^arand ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.