2 Chronicles 33:11-13
33:11 So the
Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose,
bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
33:12 In his pain
Manasseh
asked the
Lord his God for mercy
and truly
humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
33:13 When he prayed to the
Lord,
the
Lord responded to him
and answered favorably
his cry for mercy. The
Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the
Lord is the true God.
Jeremiah 51:32-34
51:32 They will report that the fords have been captured,
the reed marshes have been burned,
the soldiers are terrified.
51:33 For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says,
‘Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor
which has been trampled flat for harvest.
The time for her to be cut down and harvested
will come very soon.’
51:34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
devoured me and drove my people out.
Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me.
He filled his belly with my riches.
He made me an empty dish.
He completely cleaned me out.”
Acts 12:6-11
12:6 On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial,
Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while
guards in front of the door were keeping watch
over the prison.
12:7 Suddenly
an angel of the Lord
appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck
Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter’s
wrists.
12:8 The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt
and put on your sandals.” Peter
did so. Then the angel
said to him, “Put on your cloak
and follow me.”
12:9 Peter
went out
and followed him;
he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real,
but thought he was seeing a vision.
12:10 After they had passed the first and second guards,
they came to the iron
gate leading into the city. It
opened for them by itself,
and they went outside and walked down one narrow street,
when at once the angel left him.
12:11 When
Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued
me from the hand
of Herod
and from everything the Jewish people
were expecting to happen.”