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30 “They will not escape the darkness.
    The burning sun will wither their shoots,
    and the breath of God will destroy them.

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30 He will not escape the darkness;(A)
    a flame(B) will wither his shoots,(C)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(D) will carry him away.(E)

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A breath from God destroys them.
    They vanish in a blast of his anger.

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At the breath of God(A) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.(B)

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26     Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
A wildfire will devour their goods,
    consuming all they have left.

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26     total darkness(A) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(B) unfanned will consume him(C)
    and devour what is left in his tent.(D)

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22 They dare not go out into the darkness
    for fear they will be murdered.

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15 From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress.

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15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword(A) with which to strike down(B) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”[a](C) He treads the winepress(D) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:15 Psalm 2:9

13 They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.

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13 They are wild waves of the sea,(A) foaming up their shame;(B) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(C)

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17 These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

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17 These people are springs without water(A) and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.(B)

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in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

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He will punish(A) those who do not know God(B) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(C) They will be punished with everlasting destruction(D) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(E) and from the glory of his might(F)

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43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell[a] with two hands.[b] 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet.[c] 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It’s better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’[d]

49 “For everyone will be tested with fire.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:43a Greek Gehenna; also in 9:45, 47.
  2. 9:43b Some manuscripts add verse 44, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48.
  3. 9:45 Some manuscripts add verse 46, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48.
  4. 9:48 Isa 66:24.
  5. 9:49 Greek salted with fire; other manuscripts add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.

43 If your hand causes you to stumble,(A) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell,(B) where the fire never goes out.(C) [44] [a] 45 And if your foot causes you to stumble,(D) cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.(E) [46] [b] 47 And if your eye causes you to stumble,(F) pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,(G) 48 where

“‘the worms that eat them do not die,
    and the fire is not quenched.’[c](H)

49 Everyone will be salted(I) with fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:44 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
  2. Mark 9:46 Some manuscripts include here the words of verse 48.
  3. Mark 9:48 Isaiah 66:24

41 “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.[a]

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  1. 25:41 Greek his angels.

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me,(A) you who are cursed, into the eternal fire(B) prepared for the devil and his angels.(C)

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13 Then the king said to his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)

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12 But many Israelites—those for whom the Kingdom was prepared—will be thrown into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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12 But the subjects of the kingdom(A) will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”(B)

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47 Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Hear the word of the Lord! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north. 48 And everyone in the world will see that I, the Lord, have set this fire. It will not be put out.’”

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47 Say to the southern forest:(A) ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume(B) all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north(C) will be scorched by it.(D) 48 Everyone will see that I the Lord have kindled it; it will not be quenched.(E)’”

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