(A)All the nations shall serve him and (B)his son and (C)his grandson, (D)until the time of his own land comes. (E)Then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.

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All nations will serve(A) him and his son and his grandson until the time(B) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(C) him.

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And the beast was given (A)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for (B)forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed (C)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all (D)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in (E)the book of life of (F)the Lamb (G)who was slain. (H)If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

10 (I)If anyone is to be taken captive,
    to captivity he goes;
(J)if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
    with the sword must he be slain.

(K)Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

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  1. Revelation 13:6 Or tabernacle
  2. Revelation 13:7 Some manuscripts omit this sentence

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies(A) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.(B) It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.(C) It was given power to wage war(D) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(E) All inhabitants of the earth(F) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(G) the Lamb(H) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](I)

Whoever has ears, let them hear.(J)

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

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

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  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain
  2. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  3. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2

For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye: “Behold, (C)I will shake my hand over them, (D)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (E)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

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  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A) I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](B) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(C)

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  1. Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: “I … plunder them.”

25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered[a] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, (A)you have been weighed[b] in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (B)the Medes and (C)Persians.”[c]

29 Then (D)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (E)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 (F)That very night (G)Belshazzar the (H)Chaldean king was killed. 31 [d] And (I)Darius (J)the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.

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  1. Daniel 5:26 Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered
  2. Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
  3. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
  4. Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aramaic

25 “This is the inscription that was written:

mene, mene, tekel, parsin

26 “Here is what these words mean:

Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)

27 Tekel[b]: You have been weighed on the scales(C) and found wanting.(D)

28 Peres[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(E) and Persians.”(F)

29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(G) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(H)

30 That very night Belshazzar,(I) king(J) of the Babylonians,[d] was slain,(K) 31 and Darius(L) the Mede(M) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[e]

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  1. Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
  2. Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
  3. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
  4. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
  5. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

31 (A)And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed[a] (B)Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison.

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  1. Jeremiah 52:31 Hebrew reign, lifted up the head of

Jehoiachin Released(A)

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin(B) king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison.

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11 (A)This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and (B)these nations shall serve the king of Babylon (C)seventy years. 12 Then after (D)seventy years are completed, (E)I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, (F)the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, (G)making the land an everlasting waste. 13 I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written (H)in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 (I)For many nations (J)and great kings shall make slaves even of them, (K)and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(A) and these nations will serve(B) the king of Babylon seventy years.(C)

12 “But when the seventy years(D) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(E) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[a] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(F) forever. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written(G) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved(H) by many nations(I) and great kings; I will repay(J) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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  1. Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans

you will take up this (A)taunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
    (B)the insolent fury[a] ceased!
The Lord has broken the (C)staff of the wicked,
    the (D)scepter of rulers,
(E)that struck the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.

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  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scroll (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain

you will take up this taunt(A) against the king of Babylon:(B)

How the oppressor(C) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
The Lord has broken the rod(D) of the wicked,(E)
    the scepter(F) of the rulers,
which in anger struck down peoples(G)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(H) nations
    with relentless aggression.(I)

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  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

And he called out with a mighty voice,

(A)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great!
    She has become (B)a dwelling place for demons,
a haunt (C)for every unclean spirit,
    a haunt (D)for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
For all nations have drunk[a]
    (E)the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and (F)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
    and (G)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

(H)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for (I)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
    and (J)God has remembered her iniquities.
(K)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her (L)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her (M)in the cup she mixed.
(N)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (O)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’
For this reason her plagues will come (P)in a single day,
    death and mourning and famine,
and (Q)she will be burned up with fire;
    for (R)mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”

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  1. Revelation 18:3 Some manuscripts fallen by

With a mighty voice he shouted:

“‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’[a](A)
    She has become a dwelling for demons
and a haunt for every impure spirit,(B)
    a haunt for every unclean bird,
    a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.(C)
For all the nations have drunk
    the maddening wine of her adulteries.(D)
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,(E)
    and the merchants of the earth grew rich(F) from her excessive luxuries.”(G)

Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[b](H)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(I)
for her sins are piled up to heaven,(J)
    and God has remembered(K) her crimes.
Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(L) double(M) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(N)
Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(O)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[c]
    I will never mourn.’(P)
Therefore in one day(Q) her plagues will overtake her:
    death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(R)
    for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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  1. Revelation 18:2 Isaiah 21:9
  2. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45
  3. Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.

16 And (A)the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast (B)will hate the prostitute. They will make her (C)desolate and (D)naked, and (E)devour her flesh and (F)burn her up with fire, 17 for (G)God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and (H)handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

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16 The beast and the ten horns(A) you saw will hate the prostitute.(B) They will bring her to ruin(C) and leave her naked;(D) they will eat her flesh(E) and burn her with fire.(F) 17 For God has put it into their hearts(G) to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority,(H) until God’s words are fulfilled.(I)

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19 (A)The great city (B)was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God (C)remembered (D)Babylon the great, (E)to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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19 The great city(A) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered(B) Babylon the Great(C) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.(D)

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15 And another angel (A)came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, (B)“Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for (C)the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” 16 So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, (D)the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, (E)for its grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great (F)winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And (G)the winepress was trodden (H)outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as (I)a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.[a]

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  1. Revelation 14:20 About 184 miles; a stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters

15 Then another angel came out of the temple(A) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(B) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(C) of the earth is ripe.” 16 So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17 Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.(D) 18 Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar(E) and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle(F) and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” 19 The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.(G) 20 They were trampled in the winepress(H) outside the city,(I) and blood(J) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.[a]

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  1. Revelation 14:20 That is, about 180 miles or about 300 kilometers

Another angel, a second, followed, saying, (A)“Fallen, fallen is (B)Babylon the great, (C)she who made all nations drink (D)the wine of the passion[a] of her sexual immorality.”

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Or wrath

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’[a](A) which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”(B)

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  1. Revelation 14:8 Isaiah 21:9

(A)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.

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Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
    Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
    Then you will become their prey.(A)

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