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Reuben Archer Torrey
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Inflicted by God.
Ezek. 14:19
19
Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: (Ezekiel 14:19)
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Heb. 3:5
5
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; (Hebrews 3:5)
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One of God's four sore judgments.
Ezek. 14:21
21
For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (Ezekiel 14:21)
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Described as noisome.
Psa. 91:3
3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (Psalm 91:3)
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Israel threatened with, as a punishment for disobedience.
Lev. 26:24, 25
24
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. (Leviticus 26:24‑25)
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Deut. 28:21
21
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. (Deuteronomy 28:21)
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Desolating effects of.
Psa. 91:7
7
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. (Psalm 91:7)
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Jer. 16:6, 7
6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
7
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. (Jeremiah 16:6‑7)
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Amos 6:9, 10
9
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord. (Amos 6:9‑10)
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Equally fatal day and night.
Psa. 91:5, 6
5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. (Psalm 91:5‑6)
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Fatal to man and beast.
Psa. 78:50
50
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; (Psalm 78:50)
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(marg.)
Jer. 21:6
6
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. (Jeremiah 21:6)
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SENT UPON
The Egyptians. Ex. 12:29:30.
Israel for making golden calf.
Ex. 32:35
35
And the Lord plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. (Exodus 32:35)
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Israel for despising manna.
Num. 11:33
33
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. (Numbers 11:33)
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Israel for murmuring at destruction of Korah.
Num. 16:46-50
46
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
47
And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
48
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
50
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. (Numbers 16:46‑50)
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Israel for worshipping Baal-peor.
Num. 25:18
18
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. (Numbers 25:18)
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David's subjects for his numbering the people.
2 Sam. 24:15
15
So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. (2 Samuel 24:15)
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Often broke out suddenly.
Psa. 106:29
29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. (Psalm 106:29)
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Often followed war and famine.
Jer. 27:13
13
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? (Jeremiah 27:13)
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Jer. 28:8
8
The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. (Jeremiah 28:8)
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Jer. 29:17, 18
17
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
18
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: (Jeremiah 29:17‑18)
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Egypt often afflicted with.
Jer. 42:17
17
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. (Jeremiah 42:17)
, with
Amos 4:10
10
I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. (Amos 4:10)
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Specially fatal in cities.
Lev. 26:25
25
And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. (Leviticus 26:25)
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Jer. 21:6, 9
6
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. (Jeremiah 21:6)
9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. (Jeremiah 21:9)
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Was attributed to a destroying angel.
Ex. 12:23
23
For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. (Exodus 12:23)
, with
2 Sam. 24:16
16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:16)
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The Jews sought deliverance from, by prayer. 1 Kin. 8:37, 38.
2 Chr. 20:9
9
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. (2 Chronicles 20:9)
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Predicted to happen before destruction of Jerusalem.
Matt. 24:7
7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (Matthew 24:7)
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Luke 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. (Luke 21:11)
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ILLUSTRATIVE OF
God's judgments upon the apostacy.
Rev. 18:4, 8
4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Revelation 18:4)
8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. (Revelation 18:8)
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The diseased state of man's heart. 1 Kin. 8:38.
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