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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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)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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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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Footnotes

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

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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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)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 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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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

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

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 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

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

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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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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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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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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