They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all its multitude.
this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God on him.
It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship the LORD in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is prepared. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. the LORD's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
and have forgotten the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for them whose foot slips.
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.
"My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.
His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?"
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.
But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus.
About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don't go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.
Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.
Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please, let us detain you, that we may make a young goat ready for you."
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."
"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the LORD of Armies, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"
A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there."
Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight."
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food."
but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."
Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'
"Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.
Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.
but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:
He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready."
Without being weakened in faith, he didn't consider his own body, already having been worn out, (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
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