10 Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, (A)let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” (B)Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

11 So he again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he said to him, “O man of God, thus says the king, ‘Come down quickly.’” 12 Elijah replied to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

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10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire(A) fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

11 At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’”

12 “If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

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Judgment Proclaimed

14 Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts,
“Because you have spoken this word,
Behold, I am (A)making My words in your mouth fire
And this people wood, and it will consume them.

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14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:

“Because the people have spoken these words,
    I will make my words in your mouth(A) a fire(B)
    and these people the wood it consumes.(C)

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17 And [a]this is how I saw (A)in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of [b](B)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and (C)out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and [c](D)brimstone. 18 A (E)third of [d]mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the (F)fire and the smoke and the [e]brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

20 The rest of [f]mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (G)did not repent of (H)the works of their hands, so as not to (I)worship demons, and (J)the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they (K)did not repent of their murders nor of their (L)sorceries nor of their (M)immorality nor of their thefts.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:17 Lit thus I saw
  2. Revelation 9:17 I.e. burning sulphur
  3. Revelation 9:17 I.e. burning sulphur
  4. Revelation 9:18 Gr anthropoi
  5. Revelation 9:18 I.e. burning sulphur
  6. Revelation 9:20 Gr anthropoi

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(A) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(B) 18 A third(C) of mankind was killed(D) by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur(E) that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(F) of the work of their hands;(G) they did not stop worshiping demons,(H) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(I) 21 Nor did they repent(J) of their murders, their magic arts,(K) their sexual immorality(L) or their thefts.

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