³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left.

⁴⁰ Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. ^41 (A)Two women will be grinding ^(B)at the mill; one will be taken and one left.

⁹ then ^(A)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,^[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

The Book of Remembrance

¹⁶ Then those who feared the Lord ^(A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and ^(B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. ¹⁷ “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, ^(C)in the day when I make up ^(D)my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. ¹⁸ Then once more you shall ^(E)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

¹⁶ For ^(A)the Lord himself will descend ^(B)from heaven ^(C)with a cry of command, with the voice of ^(D)an archangel, and ^(E)with the sound of the trumpet of God. And ^(F)the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ^(G)caught up together with them ^(H)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so ^(I)we will always be with the Lord.

⁴ But what is God's reply to him? ^(A)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵ So too at the present time there is ^(B)a remnant, chosen by grace. ^6 (C)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

⁷ What then? ^(D)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest ^(E)were hardened,

²⁵ See, ^(A)I have told you beforehand.

⁴ And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and ^(A)put a mark on the foreheads of the men who ^(B)sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.” ⁵ And to ^(C)the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. ^(D)Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. ^6 (E)Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but ^(F)touch no one on whom is the mark. And ^(G)begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

^24 (A)“Strive ^(B)to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.