Isaiah 47:9
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9 (A)These two things shall come to you
in a moment, (B)in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
(C)in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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Psalm 73:19
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Nahum 3:4
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4 And all for the countless whorings of the (A)prostitute,
(B)graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.
Isaiah 47:12-13
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12 (A)Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.
13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
(B)those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
Revelation 18:8-10
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8 For this reason her plagues will come (A)in a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and (B)she will be burned up with fire;
for (C)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
9 And (D)the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, (E)will weep and wail over her (F)when they see the smoke of her burning. 10 (G)They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas! Alas! (H)You great city,
you mighty city, Babylon!
For (I)in a single hour your judgment has come.”
Revelation 22:15
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15 (A)Outside are (B)the dogs (C)and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
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Revelation 21:8
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8 (A)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, (B)their portion will be in (C)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is (D)the second death.”
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Revelation 18:21-23
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21 Then (A)a mighty angel (B)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon (C)the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and (D)the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and (E)the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and (F)the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for (G)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived (H)by your sorcery.
Revelation 9:20-21
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20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of (B)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping (C)demons (D)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their (E)sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
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Luke 7:12-13
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12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, (A)the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, (B)he had compassion on her and (C)said to her, “Do not weep.”
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Daniel 5:7
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7 (A)The king called loudly to bring in (B)the enchanters, the (C)Chaldeans, and (D)the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, (E)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (F)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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- Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10
Daniel 4:7
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7 Then (A)the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but (B)they could not make known to me its interpretation.
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Jeremiah 51:62-64
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62 and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so (A)that nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be (B)desolate forever.’ 63 When you finish reading this book, (C)(D)tie a stone to it (E)and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates, 64 and say, (F)‘Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, (G)and they shall become exhausted.’”
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 51:29
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29 (A)The land trembles and writhes in pain,
(B)for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand,
to make the land of Babylon a desolation,
without inhabitant.
Isaiah 51:18-19
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18 (A)There is none to guide her
among all the sons she has borne;
there is none to take her by the hand
among all the sons she has brought up.
19 (B)These two things have happened to you—
who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you?[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text how shall I comfort you
Isaiah 14:22-23
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22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and (A)remnant, (B)descendants and posterity,” declares the Lord. 23 “And I will make it a possession of the (C)hedgehog,[a] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.
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- Isaiah 14:23 Possibly porcupine, or owl
Isaiah 13:18-22
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18 (A)Their bows will slaughter[a] the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
19 And Babylon, (B)the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be (C)like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
20 (D)It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no (E)Arab will pitch his tent there;
no (F)shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
21 But (G)wild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there (H)ostriches[b] will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.
22 Hyenas[c] will cry in its towers,
and (I)jackals in (J)the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
and its days will not be prolonged.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces
- Isaiah 13:21 Or owls
- Isaiah 13:22 Or foxes
Ruth 1:20
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20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi;[a] call me (A)Mara,[b] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
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Ruth 1:5
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5 and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
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9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
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