Matthew 24:7
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
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In Context
8But all these things are the beginning of travail.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 15:6And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
Isaiah 19:2And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.
Ezekiel 14:21For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
Joel 2:30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Luke 21:11and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:5-32
Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall… Read the whole commentary →