(A)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (B)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (C)a day of slaughter.

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You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(A) in the day of slaughter.[a](B)

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  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting

but (A)she who is self-indulgent is (B)dead even while she lives.

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But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.(A)

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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that (A)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

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25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(A) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(B)

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in (A)purple and fine linen and (B)who feasted sumptuously every day.

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A)

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(A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    (B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for (D)the day of slaughter.

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Yet you know me, Lord;
    you see me and test(A) my thoughts about you.
Drag them off like sheep(B) to be butchered!
    Set them apart for the day of slaughter!(C)

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Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

(A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
    and to those who feel secure on (B)the mountain of Samaria,
(C)the notable men of (D)the first of the nations,
    to whom the house of Israel comes!

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Woe to the Complacent

Woe to you(A) who are complacent(B) in Zion,
    and to you who feel secure(C) on Mount Samaria,(D)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
    to whom the people of Israel come!(E)

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34 (A)“Wail, (B)you shepherds, and cry out,
    (C)and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
    and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

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34 Weep and wail, you shepherds;(A)
    roll(B) in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered(C) has come;
    you will fall like the best of the rams.[a](D)

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  1. Jeremiah 25:34 Septuagint; Hebrew fall and be shattered like fine pottery

13 and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
(A)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

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13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(C)

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11 They send out their (A)little boys like a flock,
    and their children dance.
12 They sing to (B)the tambourine and (C)the lyre
    and rejoice to the sound of (D)the pipe.
13 They (E)spend their days in prosperity,
    and in (F)peace they go down to (G)Sheol.
14 They say to God, (H)‘Depart from us!
    We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 (I)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    And what (J)profit do we get if we pray to him?’

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11 They send forth their children as a flock;(A)
    their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;(B)
    they make merry to the sound of the pipe.(C)
13 They spend their years in prosperity(D)
    and go down to the grave(E) in peace.[a](F)
14 Yet they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!(G)
    We have no desire to know your ways.(H)
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    What would we gain by praying to him?’(I)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant

36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, (A)he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart (B)was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing (C)at all until the morning light.

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36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high(A) spirits and very drunk.(B) So she told(C) him nothing at all until daybreak.

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17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to (A)all the birds that fly directly overhead, (B)“Come, gather for (C)the great supper of God, 18 (D)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,[a] both small and great.”

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  1. Revelation 19:18 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds(A) flying in midair,(B) “Come,(C) gather together for the great supper of God,(D) 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,(E) free and slave,(F) great and small.”(G)

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(A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’

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Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
    I will never mourn.’(B)

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

12 These are hidden reefs[a] (A)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (B)shepherds feeding themselves; (C)waterless clouds, (D)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (E)uprooted;

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  1. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(A) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(B) They are clouds without rain,(C) blown along by the wind;(D) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(E)—twice dead.

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