(A)Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but (B)touch no one on whom is the mark. And (C)begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

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They were told (A)not to harm (B)the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have (C)the seal of God on their foreheads.

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23 (A)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on (B)the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (C)will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

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19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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saying, (A)“Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God (B)on their foreheads.”

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29 For behold, (A)I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, (B)for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’

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47 (A)And that servant who (B)knew his master's will but (C)did not get ready (D)or act according to his will, will receive a (E)severe beating.

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Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 (A)Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.

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17 For it is time for judgment (A)to begin at the household of God; and (B)if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who (C)do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And

(D)“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:18 Greek where will the ungodly and sinner appear?

18 (A)Behold, when we come into the land, you shall tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, (B)and you shall gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household. 19 Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, (C)his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.

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17 And the city and all that is within it shall be (A)devoted to the Lord for destruction.[a] Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she (B)hid the messengers whom we sent. 18 But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel (C)a thing for destruction and (D)bring trouble upon it. 19 But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the Lord; they shall go into the treasury of the Lord.” 20 So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and (E)the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. 21 Then they (F)devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, “Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, (G)as you swore to her.” 23 So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and (H)her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. 24 And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. (I)Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 25 But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And (J)she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 6:17 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 18, 21

Now go and strike Amalek and (A)devote to destruction[a] all that they have. Do not spare them, (B)but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:3 That is, set apart (devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21

34 And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction[a] every (A)city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 2:34 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)

15 Moses said to them, “Have you (A)let all the women live? 16 Behold, (B)these, (C)on Balaam's advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of (D)Peor, and so (E)the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, (F)kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

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It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for (A)they are virgins. It is these (B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as (C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb,

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(A)“You only have I known
    of all the families of the earth;
(B)therefore I will punish you
    for all your iniquities.

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Judgment on Wicked Counselors

11 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to (B)the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were (C)twenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah (D)the son of Azzur, and (E)Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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Then he said to me, (A)“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of (B)the altar gate, in the entrance, was this (C)image of jealousy. And he said to me, “Son of man, (D)do you see what they are doing, (E)the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, (F)to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. Then he said to me, “Son of man, (G)dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. And he said to me, “Go in, and see (H)the vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I went in and saw. And there, (I)engraved on the wall all around, was (J)every form of (K)creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood (L)seventy men of (M)the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of (N)Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and (O)the smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (P)in the dark, each (Q)in his room of pictures? For they say, (R)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” 13 He said also to me, (S)“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

14 Then he brought me to (T)the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O (U)son of man? (V)You will see still greater abominations than these.”

16 And he brought me into (W)the inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, (X)between the (Y)porch and (Z)the altar, were about twenty-five men, (AA)with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping (AB)the sun toward the east.

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And (A)we devoted them to destruction,[a] as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every (B)city, men, women, and children.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:6 That is, set apart (devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); twice in this verse

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