you will take up this (A)taunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
    (B)the insolent fury[a] ceased!

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  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scroll (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain

you will take up this taunt(A) against the king of Babylon:(B)

How the oppressor(C) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!

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  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

26 (A)I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
    and they shall be drunk (B)with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
    that (C)I am the Lord your Savior,
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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26 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
    and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”

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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)

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16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
    (A)that was clothed in fine linen,
        in purple and scarlet,
    adorned with gold,
        with jewels, and with pearls!

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16 and cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(A)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!(B)

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for (A)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
    and (B)God has remembered her iniquities.
(C)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her (D)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her (E)in the cup she mixed.
(F)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (G)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’
For this reason her plagues will come (H)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and (I)she will be burned up with fire;
    for (J)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

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for her sins are piled up to heaven,(A)
    and God has remembered(B) her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(C) double(D) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(E)
Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(F)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(G)
Therefore in one day(H) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(I)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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  1. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.

And I saw the woman, drunk (A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (B)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(A) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

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And I heard the angel in charge of the waters[a] say,

(A)“Just are you, (B)O Holy One, (C)who is and who was,
    for you brought these judgments.
For (D)they have shed the blood of (E)saints and prophets,
    and (F)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

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  1. Revelation 16:5 Greek angel of the waters

Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,(A) O Holy One,(B)
    you who are and who were;(C)
for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(D)
    and you have given them blood to drink(E) as they deserve.”

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15 And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not (A)worship the image of the beast (B)to be slain. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,[a] (C)to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, (D)the name of the beast or (E)the number of its name.

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  1. Revelation 13:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(A) the image to be killed.(B) 16 It also forced all people, great and small,(C) rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,(D) 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark,(E) which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.(F)

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17 (A)The violence (B)done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
(C)for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

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17 The violence(A) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(B)
For you have shed human blood;(C)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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Woe to the Chaldeans

Shall not all these (A)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

(B)“Woe to him (C)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for (D)how long?—
    and (E)loads himself with pledges!”
(F)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
(G)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(H)for the blood of man and (I)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

(J)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
    (K)to (L)set his nest on high,
    to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
    (M)by cutting off many peoples;
    you have forfeited your life.
11 For (N)the stone will cry out from the wall,
    and the beam from the woodwork respond.

12 (O)“Woe to him (P)who builds a town with blood
    and founds a city on iniquity!

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“Will not all of them taunt(A) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(B)
    How long must this go on?’
Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.(C)
Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(D)
For you have shed human blood;(E)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(F)

“Woe to him who builds(G) his house by unjust gain,(H)
    setting his nest(I) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(J) of many peoples,
    shaming(K) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(L) of the wall will cry out,
    and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(M)
    and establishes a town by injustice!

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Habakkuk's Complaint

O Lord, (A)how long shall I cry for help,
    and you will not hear?
Or cry to you (B)“Violence!”
    and you will not save?
(C)Why do you make me see iniquity,
    and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction (D)and violence are before me;
    strife and contention arise.
(E)So the law is paralyzed,
    and justice never goes forth.
(F)For the wicked surround the righteous;
    so justice goes forth perverted.

The Lord's Answer

(G)“Look among the nations, and see;
    wonder and be astounded.
(H)For I am doing a work in your days
    that you would not believe if told.
For behold, (I)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
    that bitter and hasty nation,
(J)who march through the breadth of the earth,
    (K)to seize dwellings not their own.
They are dreaded and fearsome;
    (L)their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
(M)Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    more fierce than (N)the evening wolves;
    their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
    (O)they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
They all come (P)for violence,
    all their faces forward.
    They gather captives (Q)like sand.
10 At kings they scoff,
    and at rulers they laugh.
(R)They laugh at every fortress,
    for (S)they pile up earth and take it.

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Habakkuk’s Complaint

How long,(A) Lord, must I call for help,
    but you do not listen?(B)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
    but you do not save?(C)
Why do you make me look at injustice?
    Why do you tolerate(D) wrongdoing?(E)
Destruction and violence(F) are before me;
    there is strife,(G) and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law(H) is paralyzed,
    and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
    so that justice(I) is perverted.(J)

The Lord’s Answer

“Look at the nations and watch—
    and be utterly amazed.(K)
For I am going to do something in your days
    that you would not believe,
    even if you were told.(L)
I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](M)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(N)
    to seize dwellings not their own.(O)
They are a feared and dreaded people;(P)
    they are a law to themselves
    and promote their own honor.
Their horses are swifter(Q) than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves(R) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
    they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
    and gather prisoners(S) like sand.
10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.(T)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps(U) they capture them.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
  2. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

19 “Then I desired to know the truth about (A)the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, 20 (B)and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. 21 As I looked, this horn (C)made war with the saints and prevailed over them, 22 until the (D)Ancient of Days came, and (E)judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when (F)the saints possessed the kingdom.

23 “Thus he said: ‘As for (G)the fourth beast,

there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth,
    which shall be different from all the kingdoms,
and it shall devour the whole earth,
    and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
24 As for the ten horns,
out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise,
    and another shall arise after them;
he shall be different from the former ones,
    and shall put down three kings.
25 (H)He shall speak words against the Most High,
    and shall wear out the saints of the Most High,
    and shall think to (I)change the times and the law;
and they shall be given into his hand
    for (J)a time, times, and half a time.

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19 “Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws—the beast that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. 20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns(A) on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn that looked more imposing than the others and that had eyes and a mouth that spoke boastfully.(B) 21 As I watched, this horn was waging war against the holy people and defeating them,(C) 22 until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the holy people of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom.(D)

23 “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.(E) 24 The ten horns(F) are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 He will speak against the Most High(G) and oppress his holy people(H) and try to change the set times(I) and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.[a](J)

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  1. Daniel 7:25 Or for a year, two years and half a year

38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, (A)the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are (B)the head of gold.

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38 in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all.(A) You are that head of gold.

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