And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

(A)“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
    and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
    and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’

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11 He shall come (A)and strike the land of Egypt, (B)giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.

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So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. (A)What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.”

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

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

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

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

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(A)A third part you shall burn in the fire (B)in the midst of the city, (C)when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. (D)And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and (E)I will unsheathe the sword after them.

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When he opened the second seal, I heard (A)the second living creature say, “Come!” And out came another horse, (B)bright red. Its rider was permitted (C)to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the (D)third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, (E)a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, (F)“A quart[a] of wheat for a denarius,[b] and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and (G)do not harm the oil and wine!”

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of (H)the fourth living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, (I)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill (J)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and (K)by wild beasts of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:6 Greek choinix, a dry measure equal to about a quart
  2. Revelation 6:6 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer

19     (A)as if a man fled from a lion,
    and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
    and a serpent bit him.

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12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against (A)our rulers who ruled us,[a] by (B)bringing upon us a great calamity. (C)For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:12 Or our judges who judged us

I will make them (A)a horror[a] to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be (B)a reproach, (C)a byword, (D)a taunt, and (E)a curse in all the places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send (F)sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.”

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  1. Jeremiah 24:9 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew horror for evil

18 (A)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For (B)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and (C)the foundations of the earth tremble.

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21 “For thus says the Lord God: How much more (A)when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, (B)sword, (C)famine, (D)wild beasts, and (E)pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

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