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Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has paid me back.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back(A) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,(B) and he died there.

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33 Samuel said,

“As your sword has made women childless,
    so your mother shall be childless among women.”

And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.(A)

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33 But Samuel said,

“As your sword has made women childless,
    so will your mother be childless among women.”(A)

And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.

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10 If you are to be taken captive,
    into captivity you go;
if you kill with the sword,
    with the sword you must be killed.

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

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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

13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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Judging Others

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven;(A) 38 give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”(B)

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Judging Others(A)

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged.(B) Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.(C) 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.(D) For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”(E)

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Judging Others

“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.(A) For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

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Judging Others(A)

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.(B) For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(C)

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19 Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.(A) 21 One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.(B)

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19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(A) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,(B) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.(C)

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15 They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, as their own conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts will accuse or perhaps excuse them

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15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

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23 If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,(A) 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,(B) 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,(A) 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth,(B) hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

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because they shed the blood of saints and prophets,
    you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

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for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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A Prophecy of Deliverance from Foes

33 Woe to the destroyer,
    who yourself have not been destroyed;
you treacherous one,
    with whom no one has dealt treacherously!
When you have ceased to destroy,
    you will be destroyed;
and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,
    you will be dealt with treacherously.(A)

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Distress and Help

33 Woe(A) to you, destroyer,
    you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
    you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
    you will be destroyed;(B)
when you stop betraying,
    you will be betrayed.(C)

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