9 Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire. May those who harm your people find destruction. (WEB)
Sirach 36:9
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1 Maccabees 7:37–39
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2 Esdras 16:8–10
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Psalms 140:9–11
9 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused. 10 May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again. 11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt do…
Lamentations 3:65–66
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Psalms 83:16–18
16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD. 17 May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace. 18 May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
Psalms 89:22–24
22 No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. 23 I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. 24 My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
Psalms 109:9–11
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. 11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
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