Revelation 3

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Message to Sardis

3 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Sardis write:

He who has ^[a]^(B)the seven spirits of God and ^(C)the seven stars, says this: ‘^(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are ^(E)dead. ²Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. ³So ^(F)remember ^[b]what you have received and heard; and ^[c]keep it, and ^(G)repent. Then if you are not alert, ^(H)I will come ^(I)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(J)what hour I will come to you. ⁴But you have a few ^[d]^(K)people in ^(L)Sardis who have not ^(M)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(N)in white, for they are worthy. ⁵^(O)The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in ^(P)white garments; and I will not ^(Q)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(R)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ⁶^(S)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Philadelphia

⁷“And to the angel of the church in ^(T)Philadelphia write:

^(U)He who is holy, ^(V)who is true, who has ^(W)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸‘^(X)I know your ^[e]deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^(Y)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and ^(Z)have not denied My name. ⁹Behold, I ^[f]will make those of ^(AA)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^(AB)come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that ^(AC)I have loved you. ¹⁰Because you have ^(AD)kept ^(AE)My ^[g]word of perseverance, ^(AF)I also will keep you from the hour of the ^[h]^(AG)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^[i]^(AH)world, to ^[j]test ^(AI)those who live on the earth. ¹¹^(AJ)I am coming quickly; ^(AK)hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your ^(AL)crown. ¹²^(AM)The one who overcomes, I will make him a ^(AN)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^(AO)name of My God, and ^(AP)the name of the city of My God, ^(AQ)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(AR)new name. ¹³^(AS)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴“To the angel of the church in ^(AT)Laodicea write:

^(AU)The Amen, ^(AV)the faithful and true Witness, ^(AW)the ^[k]Origin of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵‘^(AX)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(AY)I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷Because you say, “^(AZ)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, ¹⁸I advise you to ^(BA)buy from Me ^(BB)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(BC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and ^(BD)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to apply to your eyes so that you may see. ¹⁹^(BE)Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(BF)repent. ²⁰Behold, I stand ^(BG)at the door and ^(BH)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(BI)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ²¹^(BJ)The one who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(BK)to sit with Me on My throne, as ^(BL)I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne. ²²^(BM)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Footnotes

Revelation 3:1 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
Revelation 3:3 Lit how
Revelation 3:3 Or follow
Revelation 3:4 Lit names
Revelation 3:8 Or deeds (behold...shut), that you have
Revelation 3:9 Lit give
Revelation 3:10 Or instruction
Revelation 3:10 Or temptation
Revelation 3:10 Lit inhabited earth
Revelation 3:10 Or tempt
Revelation 3:14 Or Beginning; i.e., Originator

Hosea 5-6

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The People’s Apostasy Rebuked

5 Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, you of the house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
Because you have been a ^(A)trap at Mizpah,
And a net spread out on Tabor.
²And the ^(B)rebels have ^(C)gone deep in ^[a]depravity,
But I will discipline all of them.
³I ^(D)know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;
Because now, Ephraim, you have been unfaithful,
Israel has defiled itself.
⁴Their deeds will not allow them
To return to their God.
For a ^(E)spirit of ^[b]infidelity is within them,
And they ^(F)do not know the Lord.
⁵Moreover, the ^(G)pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their wrongdoing;
^(H)Judah also has stumbled with them.
⁶They will ^(I)go with their flocks and herds
To seek the Lord, but they will ^(J)not find Him;
He has ^(K)withdrawn from them.
⁷They have ^(L)dealt treacherously with the Lord,
For they have given birth to ^[c]^(M)illegitimate children.
Now the ^(N)new moon will devour them with their ^[d]land.

⁸^(O)Blow the horn in ^(P)Gibeah,
And the trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
“^(Q)Behind you, Benjamin!”
⁹Ephraim will become a ^(R)desolation in the ^(S)day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I ^(T)make known what is trustworthy.
¹⁰The leaders of Judah have become like those who ^(U)displace a boundary marker;
On them I will ^(V)pour out My anger ^(W)like water.
¹¹Ephraim is ^(X)oppressed, broken by judgment,
^(Y)Because he was determined to follow ^[e]man’s command.
¹²Therefore I am like a ^(Z)moth to Ephraim,
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his ^[f]sore,
Ephraim then went to ^(AA)Assyria
And sent word to ^[g]^(AB)King Jareb.
But he is ^(AC)unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your ^[h]sore.
¹⁴For I will be ^(AD)like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
^(AE)I, yes I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be ^(AF)no one to rescue.
¹⁵I will go away and return to My place
Until they ^[i]^(AG)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will ^(AH)search for Me.

The Response to God’s Rebuke

6 “^(AI)Come, let’s return to the Lord.
For ^(AJ)He has torn us, but ^(AK)He will heal us;
He has ^[j]wounded us, but He will ^(AL)bandage us.
²He will ^(AM)revive us after two days;
He will ^(AN)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
³So let’s ^(AO)learn, let’s press on to know the Lord.
His ^(AP)appearance is as sure as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the ^(AQ)rain,
As the spring rain waters the earth.”

⁴What shall I do with you, ^(AR)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, Judah?
For your loyalty is like a ^(AS)morning cloud,
And like the dew which goes away early.
⁵Therefore I have ^(AT)cut them in pieces by the prophets;
I have slain them by the ^(AU)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that ^[k]shines.
⁶For ^(AV)I ^[l]desire loyalty ^(AW)rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
⁷But ^(AX)like ^[m]Adam they have ^(AY)violated the covenant;
There they have ^(AZ)dealt treacherously with Me.
⁸^(BA)Gilead is a city of wrongdoers,
Tracked with ^(BB)bloody footprints.
⁹And as a ^(BC)band of robbers lie in wait for a person,
So a band of priests ^(BD)murder on the way to Shechem;
Certainly they have committed an act of ^(BE)infamy.
¹⁰In the house of Israel I have seen a ^(BF)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s ^(BG)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.
¹¹Also, Judah, there is a ^(BH)harvest appointed for you,
When I ^(BI)restore the fortunes of My people.