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…and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.

Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

…he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

…and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.

The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves.

For the LORD will destroy Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will roar like great waters; the tumult of their voices will resound.

…therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.