Psalm 137:7-8
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7 Remember, Lord, against the sons of (A)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Those who said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare
(B)To its foundation!”
8 Daughter of Babylon, you [a](C)devastated one,
Blessed will be one who (D)repays you
With [b]the retribution with which you have repaid us.
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- Psalm 137:8 Or devastator
- Psalm 137:8 Lit your requital
Revelation 18:4-8
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4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “(A)Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins have [a](B)piled up as high as heaven, and God has (C)remembered her offenses. 6 (D)Pay her back even as she has paid, and [b]give back to her double according to her deeds; in the (E)cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 7 (F)To the extent that she glorified herself and (G)lived luxuriously, to the same extent give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘(H)I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’ 8 For this reason (I)in one day her plagues will come, [c]plague and mourning and famine, and she will be (J)burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her (K)is strong.
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- Revelation 18:5 Lit joined together
- Revelation 18:6 Lit double to her
- Revelation 18:8 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death
Revelation 18:20
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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]saints and (B)apostles and prophets, because (C)God has [b]pronounced judgment for you against her.”
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- Revelation 18:20 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Revelation 18:20 Lit judged your judgment of her
Isaiah 66:10
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Joy in Jerusalem’s Future
10 “Be (A)joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who (B)love her;
Be exceedingly (C)glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
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