Isaiah 47:9
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)
Psalm 73:19
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Nahum 3:4
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Isaiah 47:12-13
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12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,(A)
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(B)
Let your astrologers(C) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save(D) you from what is coming upon you.
Revelation 18:8-10
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8 Therefore in one day(A) her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(B)
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall
9 “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her(C) and shared her luxury(D) see the smoke of her burning,(E) they will weep and mourn over her.(F) 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off(G) and cry:
Revelation 22:15
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15 Outside(A) are the dogs,(B) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Revelation 21:8
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8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(B) This is the second death.”(C)
Revelation 18:21-23
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The Finality of Babylon’s Doom
21 Then a mighty angel(A) picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea,(B) and said:
“With such violence
the great city(C) 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.(D)
No worker of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a millstone
will never be heard in you again.(E)
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.(F)
Your merchants were the world’s important people.(G)
By your magic spell(H) all the nations were led astray.
Revelation 9:20-21
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20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(A) of the work of their hands;(B) they did not stop worshiping demons,(C) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(D) 21 Nor did they repent(E) of their murders, their magic arts,(F) their sexual immorality(G) or their thefts.
Luke 7:12-13
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12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord(A) saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
Daniel 5:7
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7 The king summoned the enchanters,(A) astrologers[a](B) and diviners.(C) Then he said to these wise(D) men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck,(E) and he will be made the third(F) highest ruler in the kingdom.”(G)
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 11
Daniel 4:7
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Daniel 2:2
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2 So the king summoned the magicians,(A) enchanters, sorcerers(B) and astrologers[a](C) to tell him what he had dreamed.(D) When they came in and stood before the king,
Footnotes
- Daniel 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10
Jeremiah 51:62-64
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62 Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate(A) forever.’ 63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.(B) 64 Then say, ‘So will Babylon sink to rise no more(C) because of the disaster I will bring on her. And her people(D) will fall.’”(E)
The words of Jeremiah end(F) here.
Jeremiah 51:29
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Isaiah 51:18-19
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Footnotes
- Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I
Isaiah 14:22-23
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22 “I will rise up(A) against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(B) and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,(C)”
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(D)
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(E)”
declares the Lord Almighty.(F)
Isaiah 13:18-22
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18 Their bows(A) will strike down the young men;(B)
they will have no mercy(C) on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.(D)
19 Babylon,(E) the jewel of kingdoms,(F)
the pride and glory(G) of the Babylonians,[a]
will be overthrown(H) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(I)
20 She will never be inhabited(J)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(K) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(L) will lie there,
jackals(M) will fill her houses;
there the owls(N) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(O) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(P) will inhabit her strongholds,(Q)
jackals(R) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(S)
and her days will not be prolonged.(T)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
Ruth 1:5
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
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9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(A) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(B) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(C) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(D)
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