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Isaiah 13:3
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Isaiah 13:3
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3 I have commanded My [a]sanctified ones;
I have also called (A)My mighty ones for My anger—
Those who (B)rejoice in My exaltation.”
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- Isaiah 13:3 consecrated or set apart
Isaiah 13:3
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Isaiah 13:3
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Joel 3:11
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Joel 3:11
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11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (A)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
Joel 3:11
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Joel 3:11
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11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble(A) there.
Bring down your warriors,(B) Lord!
Revelation 17:12-18
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Revelation 17:12-18
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12 (A)“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 (B)These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will (C)overcome them, (D)for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; (E)and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
15 Then he said to me, (F)“The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, (G)are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you [a]saw on the beast, (H)these will hate the harlot, make her (I)desolate (J)and naked, eat her flesh and (K)burn her with fire. 17 (L)For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, (M)until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw (N)is that great city (O)which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
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- Revelation 17:16 NU, M saw, and the beast
Revelation 17:12-18
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Revelation 17:12-18
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12 “The ten horns(A) you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour(B) will receive authority as kings along with the beast. 13 They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.(C) 14 They will wage war(D) against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over(E) them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings(F)—and with him will be his called, chosen(G) and faithful followers.”
15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters(H) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.(I) 16 The beast and the ten horns(J) you saw will hate the prostitute.(K) They will bring her to ruin(L) and leave her naked;(M) they will eat her flesh(N) and burn her with fire.(O) 17 For God has put it into their hearts(P) to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority,(Q) until God’s words are fulfilled.(R) 18 The woman you saw is the great city(S) that rules over the kings of the earth.”
Jeremiah 51:20-24
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Jeremiah 51:20-24
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20 “You(A) are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces (B)old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
24 “And(C) I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:20-24
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Jeremiah 51:20-24
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20 “You are my war club,(A)
my weapon for battle—
with you I shatter(B) nations,(C)
with you I destroy kingdoms,
21 with you I shatter horse and rider,(D)
with you I shatter chariot(E) and driver,
22 with you I shatter man and woman,
with you I shatter old man and youth,
with you I shatter young man and young woman,(F)
23 with you I shatter shepherd and flock,
with you I shatter farmer and oxen,
with you I shatter governors and officials.(G)
24 “Before your eyes I will repay(H) Babylon(I) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35
Revelation 18:20-19:7
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Revelation 18:20-19:7
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20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]holy apostles and prophets, for (B)God has avenged you on her!”
Finality of Babylon’s Fall
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, (C)“Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and (D)shall not be found anymore. 22 (E)The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 (F)The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, (G)and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For (H)your merchants were the great men of the earth, (I)for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And (J)in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who (K)were slain on the earth.”
Heaven Exults over Babylon
19 After these things (L)I [b]heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! (M)Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to [c]the Lord our God! 2 For (N)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (O)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” 3 Again they said, “Alleluia! (P)Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” 4 And (Q)the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, (R)“Amen! Alleluia!” 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, (S)“Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, (T)both[d] small and great!”
6 (U)And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For (V)the[e] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for (W)the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
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- Revelation 18:20 NU, M saints and apostles
- Revelation 19:1 NU, M add something like
- Revelation 19:1 NU, M omit the Lord
- Revelation 19:5 NU, M omit both
- Revelation 19:6 NU, M our
Revelation 18:20-19:7
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Revelation 18:20-19:7
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20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens!(A)
Rejoice, you people of God!
Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
with the judgment she imposed on you.”(B)
The Finality of Babylon’s Doom
21 Then a mighty angel(C) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(D) and said:
“With such violence
the great city(E) of Babylon will be thrown down,
never to be found again.
22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,
will never be heard in you again.(F)
No worker of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again.(G)
23 The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom and bride
will never be heard in you again.(H)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.(I)
By your magic spell(J) all the nations were led astray.
24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,(K)
of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”(L)
Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall
19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude(M) in heaven shouting:
“Hallelujah!(N)
Salvation(O) and glory and power(P) belong to our God,
2 for true and just are his judgments.(Q)
He has condemned the great prostitute(R)
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(S)
3 And again they shouted:
4 The twenty-four elders(V) and the four living creatures(W) fell down(X) and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:
“Amen, Hallelujah!”(Y)
5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying:
6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude,(AB) like the roar of rushing waters(AC) and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
Revelation 18:4-8
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Revelation 18:4-8
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4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, (A)“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 (B)For her sins [a]have reached to heaven, and (C)God has remembered her iniquities. 6 (D)Render to her just as she rendered [b]to you, and repay her double according to her works; (E)in the cup which she has mixed, (F)mix double for her. 7 (G)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [c]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as (H)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ 8 Therefore her plagues will come (I)in one day—death and mourning and famine. And (J)she will be utterly burned with fire, (K)for strong is the Lord God who [d]judges her.
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- Revelation 18:5 NU, M have been heaped up
- Revelation 18:6 NU, M omit to you
- Revelation 18:7 sensually
- Revelation 18:8 NU, M has judged
Revelation 18:4-8
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Revelation 18:4-8
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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,(C)
and God has remembered(D) her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back(E) double(F) for what she has done.
Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(G)
7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(H)
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[b]
I will never mourn.’(I)
8 Therefore in one day(J) her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(K)
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Footnotes
- Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45
- Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.
Jeremiah 50:21-46
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Jeremiah 50:21-46
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21 “Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it,
And against the inhabitants of (A)Pekod.
[a]Waste and utterly destroy them,” says the Lord,
“And do (B)according to all that I have commanded you.
22 (C)A sound of battle is in the land,
And of great destruction.
23 How (D)the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken!
How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
24 I have laid a snare for you;
You have indeed been (E)trapped, O Babylon,
And you were not aware;
You have been found and also caught,
Because you have (F)contended against the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened His armory,
And has brought out (G)the weapons of His indignation;
For this is the work of the Lord God of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the farthest border;
Open her storehouses;
Cast her up as heaps of ruins,
And destroy her utterly;
Let nothing of her be left.
27 Slay all her (H)bulls,
Let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them!
For their day has come, the time of (I)their punishment.
28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon
(J)Declares in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
The vengeance of His temple.
29 “Call together the archers against Babylon.
All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around;
Let none of them [b]escape.
(K)Repay her according to her work;
According to all she has done, do to her;
(L)For she has been proud against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
30 (M)Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets,
And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day,” says the Lord.
31 “Behold, I am against you,
O most haughty one!” says the Lord God of hosts;
“For your day has come,
[c]The time that I will punish you.
32 The most (N)proud shall stumble and fall,
And no one will raise him up;
(O)I will kindle a fire in his cities,
And it will devour all around him.”
33 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“The children of Israel were oppressed,
Along with the children of Judah;
All who took them captive have held them fast;
They have refused to let them go.
34 (P)Their Redeemer is strong;
(Q)The Lord of hosts is His name.
He will thoroughly plead their (R)case,
That He may give rest to the land,
And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
35 “A sword is against the Chaldeans,” says the Lord,
“Against the inhabitants of Babylon,
And (S)against her princes and (T)her wise men.
36 A sword is (U)against the soothsayers, and they will be fools.
A sword is against her mighty men, and they will be dismayed.
37 A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all (V)the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And (W)they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.
38 (X)A [d]drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up.
For it is the land of carved images,
And they are insane with their idols.
39 “Therefore(Y) the wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals,
And the ostriches shall dwell in it.
(Z)It shall be inhabited no more forever,
Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
40 (AA)As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
And their neighbors,” says the Lord,
“So no one shall reside there,
Nor son of man (AB)dwell in it.
41 “Behold,(AC) a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
42 (AD)They shall hold the bow and the lance;
(AE)They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
(AF)Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
43 “The king of Babylon has (AG)heard the report about them,
And his hands grow feeble;
Anguish has taken hold of him,
Pangs as of a woman in (AH)childbirth.
44 “Behold,(AI) he shall come up like a lion from the [e]floodplain of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And (AJ)who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”
45 Therefore hear (AK)the counsel of the Lord that He has taken against Babylon,
And His (AL)purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
(AM)Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.
46 (AN)At the noise of the taking of Babylon
The earth trembles,
And the cry is heard among the nations.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:21 Or Attack with the sword
- Jeremiah 50:29 Qr., some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg. add to her
- Jeremiah 50:31 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. The time of your punishment
- Jeremiah 50:38 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; Syr. sword; LXX omits A drought is
- Jeremiah 50:44 Or thicket
Jeremiah 50:21-46
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Jeremiah 50:21-46
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21 “Attack the land of Merathaim
and those who live in Pekod.(A)
Pursue, kill and completely destroy[a] them,”
declares the Lord.
“Do everything I have commanded you.
22 The noise(B) of battle is in the land,
the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
is the hammer(C) of the whole earth!(D)
How desolate(E) is Babylon
among the nations!
24 I set a trap(F) for you, Babylon,
and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(G)
because you opposed(H) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
and brought out the weapons(I) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
in the land of the Babylonians.(J)
26 Come against her from afar.(K)
Break open her granaries;
pile her up like heaps of grain.(L)
Completely destroy(M) her
and leave her no remnant.
27 Kill all her young bulls;(N)
let them go down to the slaughter!(O)
Woe to them! For their day(P) has come,
the time(Q) for them to be punished.
28 Listen to the fugitives(R) and refugees from Babylon
declaring in Zion(S)
how the Lord our God has taken vengeance,(T)
vengeance for his temple.(U)
29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who draw the bow.(V)
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.(W)
Repay(X) her for her deeds;(Y)
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied(Z) the Lord,
the Holy One(AA) of Israel.
30 Therefore, her young men(AB) will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the Lord.
31 “See, I am against(AC) you, you arrogant one,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
“for your day(AD) has come,
the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant(AE) one will stumble and fall(AF)
and no one will help her up;(AG)
I will kindle a fire(AH) in her towns
that will consume all who are around her.”
33 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“The people of Israel are oppressed,(AI)
and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
refusing to let them go.(AJ)
34 Yet their Redeemer(AK) is strong;
the Lord Almighty(AL) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause(AM)
so that he may bring rest(AN) to their land,
but unrest to those who live in Babylon.
35 “A sword(AO) against the Babylonians!”(AP)
declares the Lord—
“against those who live in Babylon
and against her officials and wise(AQ) men!
36 A sword against her false prophets!
They will become fools.
A sword against her warriors!(AR)
They will be filled with terror.(AS)
37 A sword against her horses and chariots(AT)
and all the foreigners in her ranks!
They will become weaklings.(AU)
A sword against her treasures!(AV)
They will be plundered.
38 A drought on[b] her waters!(AW)
They will dry(AX) up.
For it is a land of idols,(AY)
idols that will go mad with terror.
39 “So desert creatures(AZ) and hyenas will live there,
and there the owl will dwell.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in from generation to generation.(BA)
40 As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah(BB)
along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
no people will dwell in it.(BC)
41 “Look! An army is coming from the north;(BD)
a great nation and many kings
are being stirred(BE) up from the ends of the earth.(BF)
42 They are armed with bows(BG) and spears;
they are cruel(BH) and without mercy.(BI)
They sound like the roaring sea(BJ)
as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation
to attack you, Daughter Babylon.(BK)
43 The king of Babylon has heard reports about them,
and his hands hang limp.(BL)
Anguish has gripped him,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(BM)
44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets(BN)
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen(BO) one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?(BP)
And what shepherd can stand against me?”
45 Therefore, hear what the Lord has planned against Babylon,
what he has purposed(BQ) against the land of the Babylonians:(BR)
The young of the flock will be dragged away;
their pasture will be appalled at their fate.
46 At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will tremble;(BS)
its cry(BT) will resound among the nations.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 50:21 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26.
- Jeremiah 50:38 Or A sword against
Isaiah 45:4-5
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Isaiah 45:4-5
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4 For (A)Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5 I (B)am the Lord, and (C)there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
(D)I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
Isaiah 45:4-5
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Isaiah 45:4-5
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Isaiah 44:27-28
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Isaiah 44:27-28
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27 (A)Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!
And I will dry up your rivers’;
28 Who says of (B)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, (C)“You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’
Isaiah 44:27-28
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Isaiah 44:27-28
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Isaiah 23:11
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Isaiah 23:11
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11 He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a commandment (A)against Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.
Isaiah 23:11
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Isaiah 23:11
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Psalm 149:5-9
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Psalm 149:5-9
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5 Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them (A)sing aloud on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And (B)a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
8 To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 (C)To execute on them the written judgment—
(D)This honor have all His saints.
[a]Praise the Lord!
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- Psalm 149:9 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 149:5-9
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Psalm 149:5-9
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6 May the praise of God be in their mouths(C)
and a double-edged(D) sword in their hands,(E)
7 to inflict vengeance(F) on the nations
and punishment(G) on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with fetters,(H)
their nobles with shackles of iron,(I)
9 to carry out the sentence written against them—(J)
this is the glory of all his faithful people.(K)
Praise the Lord.
Psalm 149:2
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Psalm 149:2
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2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their (A)King.
Psalm 149:2
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Psalm 149:2
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Ezra 7:12-26
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Ezra 7:12-26
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To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
13 I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you. 14 And whereas you are being sent [c]by the king and his (C)seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, with regard to the Law of your God which is in your hand; 15 and whereas you are to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, (D)whose dwelling is in Jerusalem; 16 (E)and whereas all the silver and gold that you may find in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, are to be (F)freely offered for the [d]house of their God in Jerusalem— 17 now therefore, be careful to buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs, with their (G)grain offerings and their drink offerings, and (H)offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem.
18 And whatever seems good to you and your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do it according to the will of your God. 19 Also the articles that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And whatever more may be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to provide, pay for it from the king’s treasury.
21 And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently, 22 up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribed limit. 23 Whatever [e]is commanded by the God of heaven, let it diligently be done for the [f]house of the God of heaven. For why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24 Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God. 25 And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, (I)set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and (J)teach those who do not know them. 26 Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it be death, or [g]banishment, or confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.
Ezra 7:12-26
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Ezra 7:12-26
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12 Artaxerxes, king of kings,(A)
To Ezra the priest, teacher of the Law of the God of heaven:
Greetings.
13 Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who volunteer to go to Jerusalem with you, may go. 14 You are sent by the king and his seven advisers(B) to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand. 15 Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given(C) to the God of Israel, whose dwelling(D) is in Jerusalem, 16 together with all the silver and gold(E) you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem.(F) 17 With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs,(G) together with their grain offerings and drink offerings,(H) and sacrifice(I) them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.
18 You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God. 19 Deliver(J) to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God. 20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.(K)
21 Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— 22 up to a hundred talents[a] of silver, a hundred cors[b] of wheat, a hundred baths[c] of wine, a hundred baths[d] of olive oil, and salt without limit. 23 Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the realm of the king and of his sons?(L) 24 You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty(M) on any of the priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God.(N)
25 And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God, which you possess, appoint(O) magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach(P) any who do not know them. 26 Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.[e](Q)
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