Isaiah 14:2
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2 Then people will take them (A)and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, (B)and rule over their oppressors.
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Isaiah 61:5
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5 (A)Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah 60:14
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14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you
Shall come (A)bowing to you,
And all those who despised you shall (B)fall prostrate at the soles of your feet;
And they shall call you The City of the Lord,
(C)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 30:16
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16 ‘Therefore all those who devour you (A)shall be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into (B)captivity;
Those who plunder you shall become (C)plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will make a (D)prey.
Daniel 7:25-27
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25 (A)He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall (B)persecute[a] the saints of the Most High,
And shall (C)intend to change times and law.
Then (D)the saints shall be given into his hand
(E)For a time and times and half a time.
26 ‘But(F) the court shall be seated,
And they shall (G)take away his dominion,
To consume and destroy it forever.
27 Then the (H)kingdom and dominion,
And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven,
Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.
(I)His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
(J)And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’
Footnotes
- Daniel 7:25 Lit. wear out
Daniel 7:18
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18 But (A)the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
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Isaiah 60:9-12
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9 (A)Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
(B)To bring your sons from afar,
(C)Their silver and their gold with them,
To the name of the Lord your God,
And to the Holy One of Israel,
(D)Because He has glorified you.
10 “The(E) sons of foreigners shall build up your walls,
(F)And their kings shall minister to you;
For (G)in My wrath I struck you,
(H)But in My favor I have had mercy on you.
11 Therefore your gates (I)shall be open continually;
They shall not be shut day or night,
That men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles,
And their kings in procession.
12 (J)For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish,
And those nations shall be utterly ruined.
Isaiah 49:23
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23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And (B)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
(C)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”
Revelation 18:20-24
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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.”
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- Revelation 18:20 NU, M saints and apostles
Revelation 11:11-18
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The Witnesses Resurrected
11 (A)Now after the three-and-a-half days (B)the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12 And [a]they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” (C)And they ascended to heaven (D)in a cloud, (E)and their enemies saw them. 13 In the same hour (F)there was a great earthquake, (G)and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid (H)and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 (I)The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.
Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed
15 Then (J)the seventh angel sounded: (K)And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, (L)“The [b]kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, (M)and He shall reign forever and ever!” 16 And (N)the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and (O)worshiped God, 17 saying:
“We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
The One (P)who is and who was [c]and who is to come,
Because You have taken Your great power (Q)and reigned.
18 The nations were (R)angry, and Your [d]wrath has come,
And the time of the (S)dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 11:12 M I
- Revelation 11:15 NU, M kingdom . . . has become the kingdom
- Revelation 11:17 NU, M omit and who is to come
- Revelation 11:18 anger
Revelation 3:9
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9 Indeed I will make (A)those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed (B)I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
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Romans 15:27
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27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For (A)if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, (B)their duty is also to minister to them in material things.
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Zechariah 14:2-3
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2 For (A)I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses [a]rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then the Lord will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 14:2 Or plundered
Isaiah 18:7
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7 In that time (A)a present will be brought to the Lord of hosts
[a]From a people tall and smooth of skin,
And from a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts,
To Mount Zion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 18:7 So with DSS, LXX, Vg.; MT omits From; Tg. To
Ephesians 4:8
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8 Therefore He says:
(A)“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”
Galatians 5:13
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.
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2 Corinthians 10:5
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5 (A)casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
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2 Corinthians 8:4-5
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4 imploring us with much urgency [a]that we would receive the gift and (A)the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And not only as we had hoped, but they first (B)gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the (C)will of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 8:4 NU, M omit that we would receive, thus changing text to urgency for the favor and fellowship
Ezra 2:65
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65 besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
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