And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

(A)“Such as are for death, to death;
And such as are for the sword, to the sword;
And such as are for the famine, to the famine;
And such as are for the (B)captivity, to the captivity.” ’

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And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘Those destined for death, to death;
those for the sword, to the sword;(A)
those for starvation, to starvation;(B)
those for captivity, to captivity.’(C)

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11 (A)When he comes, he shall strike the land of Egypt and deliver to death (B)those appointed for death, and to captivity those appointed for captivity, and to the sword those appointed for the sword.

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11 He will come and attack Egypt,(A) bringing death(B) to those destined(C) for death, captivity to those destined for captivity,(D) and the sword to those destined for the sword.(E)

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Then I said, “I will not feed you. (A)Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”

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and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish.(A) Let those who are left eat(B) one another’s flesh.”

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12 (A)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (B)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (C)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”

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12 Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;(A) though they offer burnt offerings(B) and grain offerings,(C) I will not accept(D) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,(E) famine(F) and plague.”(G)

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10 (A)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; (B)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. (C)Here is the [a]patience and the faith of the saints.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:10 perseverance

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(B) on the part of God’s people.(C)

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  1. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  2. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2

12 (A)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (B)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (C)them.

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12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

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(A)You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of (B)the city, when (C)the days of the siege are finished; then you shall take one-third and strike around it with the sword, and one-third you shall scatter in the wind: I will draw out a sword after (D)them.

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When the days of your siege come to an end, burn(A) a third(B) of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind.(C) For I will pursue them with drawn sword.(D)

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18 And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be [a]caught in the snare;
For (A)the windows from on high are open,
And (B)the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 24:18 Lit. taken

18 Whoever flees(A) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(B)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(C)

The floodgates of the heavens(D) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(E)

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Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

When He opened the second seal, (A)I heard the second living creature saying, “Come [a]and see.” (B)Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to (C)take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth

When He opened the third seal, (D)I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, (E)a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of (F)scales[b] in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A [c]quart of wheat for a [d]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and (G)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

When He opened the fourth seal, (H)I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” (I)So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And [e]power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (J)to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, (K)and by the beasts of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:3 NU, M omit and see
  2. Revelation 6:5 balances
  3. Revelation 6:6 Gr. choinix, about 1 quart
  4. Revelation 6:6 About 1 day’s wage for a worker
  5. Revelation 6:8 authority

When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature(A) say, “Come!” Then another horse came out, a fiery red one.(B) Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth(C) and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature(D) say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse!(E) Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures,(F) saying, “Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day’s wages,[d](G) and do not damage(H) the oil and the wine!”

When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature(I) say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a pale horse!(J) Its rider was named Death, and Hades(K) was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:6 Or about 1 kilogram
  2. Revelation 6:6 Greek a denarius
  3. Revelation 6:6 Or about 3 kilograms
  4. Revelation 6:6 Greek a denarius

19 It will be (A)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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12 And He has (A)confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; (B)for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.

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12 You have fulfilled(A) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(B) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(C) what has been done to Jerusalem.(D)

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I will deliver them to (A)trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, (B)to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are [a]consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 24:10 destroyed

I will make them abhorrent(A) and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword,(B) a curse[a](C) and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish(D) them. 10 I will send the sword,(E) famine(F) and plague(G) against them until they are destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.(H)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 24:9 That is, their names will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that they are cursed.

21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (A)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?

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  1. Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil

21 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments(A)—sword(B) and famine(C) and wild beasts and plague(D)—to kill its men and their animals!(E)

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