16 In the fourth generation(A) your descendants will come back here,(B) for the sin of the Amorites(C) has not yet reached its full measure.”

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26 He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites(A) the Lord drove out before Israel.)

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23 “In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise.

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32 Go ahead, then, and complete(A) what your ancestors started!(B)

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(C) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(D) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(E) others you will flog in your synagogues(F) and pursue from town to town.(G) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(H) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(I) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(J)

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16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[a] was 430 years.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(A) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(B) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(C) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(D)

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The Woman in a Basket

Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”

I asked, “What is it?”

He replied, “It is a basket.(A)” And he added, “This is the iniquity[a] of the people throughout the land.”

Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.(B)

Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork,(C) and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

10 “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.

11 He replied, “To the country of Babylonia[b](D) to build a house(E) for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 5:6 Or appearance
  2. Zechariah 5:11 Hebrew Shinar

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