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20 saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
    and what they left, the fire has consumed.’(A)

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20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(A)
    and fire(B) devours their wealth.’

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and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to destruction[a] and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;[b] and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the debauchery of the lawless(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.6 Other ancient authorities lack to destruction
  2. 2.6 Other ancient authorities read an example to those who were to be ungodly

if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(A) and made them an example(B) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(C) and if he rescued Lot,(D) a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless(E)

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26 Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;
    a fire fanned by no one will devour them;
    what is left in their tent will be consumed.(A)

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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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16 While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them; I alone have escaped to tell you.”(A)

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16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens(A) and burned up the sheep and the servants,(B) and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

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29 but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them; 30 it will be like that on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

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29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.(A)

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Repent or Perish

13 At that very time there were some present who told Jesus[a] about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.(A) He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?(B) No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem?(C) No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish just as they did.”

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  1. 13.1 Gk him

Repent or Perish

13 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate(A) had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?(B) I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(C) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(D) you too will all perish.”

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27 “Oh, I know your thoughts
    and your schemes to wrong me.
28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?
    Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’(A)

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27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
    the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great,(A)
    the tents where the wicked lived?’(B)

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18 They will give back the fruit of their toil
    and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of their trading
    they will get no enjoyment.(A)
19 For they have crushed and abandoned the poor;
    they have seized a house that they did not build.(B)

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18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(A)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(B)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(C) and left them destitute;(D)
    he has seized houses(E) he did not build.

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30 they will not escape from darkness;
    the flame will dry up their shoots,
    and their blossom[a] will be swept away by the wind.(A)

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  1. 15.30 Gk: Heb mouth

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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For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
    and you choose the tongue of the crafty.(A)
Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
    your own lips testify against you.(B)

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Your sin(A) prompts your mouth;(B)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(C)
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
    your own lips testify against you.(D)

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Does God pervert justice?
    Or does the Almighty[a] pervert the right?(A)
If your children sinned against him,
    he delivered them into the power of their transgression.(B)

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  1. 8.3 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

Does God pervert justice?(A)
    Does the Almighty pervert what is right?(B)
When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(C)

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“Think now, who that was innocent ever perished?
    Or where were the upright cut off?(A)

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“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?(A)
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?(B)

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24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven,(A)

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24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur(A) on Sodom and Gomorrah(B)—from the Lord out of the heavens.(C)

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