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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)
Luke 21:34-35
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Luke 21:34-35
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Exhortation to Watch
34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,(A) 35 like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth.
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Luke 21:34-35
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Luke 21:34-35
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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.
Matthew 24:37-39
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Matthew 24:37-39
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37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.(A) 38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so, too, will be the coming of the Son of Man.
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Matthew 24:37-39
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Matthew 24:37-39
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37 As it was in the days of Noah,(A) so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,(B) up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.(C)
Hebrews 2:3
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Hebrews 2:3
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3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,(A)
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Hebrews 2:3
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Hebrews 2:3
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3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(A) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(B) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(C)
Revelation 18:7-8
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
so give her a like measure of torment and grief.
Since in her heart she says,
‘I rule as a queen;
I am no widow,
and I will never see grief,’(A)
8 therefore her plagues will come in a single day—
pestilence and mourning and famine—
and she will be burned with fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”(B)
Revelation 18:7-8
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
I will never mourn.’(B)
8 Therefore in one day(C) her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(D)
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Footnotes
- Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.
Luke 17:26-30
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Luke 17:26-30
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26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so, too, it will be in the days of the Son of Man.(A) 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,(B) 29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them; 30 it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
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Luke 17:26-30
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Luke 17:26-30
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26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah,(A) so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 “It was the same in the days of Lot.(B) People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(C)
Daniel 5:3-6
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Daniel 5:3-6
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3 So they brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.(A)
The Writing on the Wall
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.(B) 6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.(C)
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Daniel 5:3-6
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Daniel 5:3-6
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3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. 4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods(A) of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.(B)
5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 6 His face turned pale(C) and he was so frightened(D) that his legs became weak(E) and his knees were knocking.(F)
2 Peter 2:4
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2 Peter 2:4
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4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell and committed them to chains[a] of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment;(A)
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2 Peter 2:4
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2 Peter 2:4
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4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,(A) but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment;(B)
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts in gloomy dungeons
Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when pangs come upon you,
pain as of a woman in labor!
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- 22.23 Gk Vg Syr: Heb will be pitied
Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 22:23
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Jeremiah 13:21
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Jeremiah 13:21
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21 What will you say when they set as head over you
those whom you have trained
to be your allies?
Will not pangs seize you
like those of a woman in labor?(A)
Jeremiah 13:21
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Jeremiah 13:21
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Isaiah 43:6-9
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Isaiah 43:6-9
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6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,”
and to the south, “Do not withhold;
bring my sons from far away
and my daughters from the end of the earth—(A)
7 everyone who is called by my name,
whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made.”(B)
8 Bring forth the people who are blind yet have eyes,
who are deaf yet have ears!(C)
9 Let all the nations gather together,
and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them declared this
and foretold to us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,
and let them hear and say, “It is true.”(D)
Isaiah 43:6-9
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Isaiah 43:6-9
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6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
and to the south,(A) ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
and my daughters(B) from the ends of the earth(C)—
7 everyone who is called by my name,(D)
whom I created(E) for my glory,(F)
whom I formed and made.(G)”
8 Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,(H)
who have ears but are deaf.(I)
9 All the nations gather together(J)
and the peoples assemble.
Which of their gods foretold(K) this
and proclaimed to us the former things?
Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,
so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
Acts 13:41
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Acts 13:41
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41 ‘Look, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”
Acts 13:41
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Acts 13:41
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Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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24 “We have heard news of them;
our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
pain as of a woman in labor.(A)
Jeremiah 6:24
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Jeremiah 6:24
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