What the Lord Hates

16 The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to him:
17 arrogant eyes,(A) a lying tongue,(B)
hands that shed innocent blood,(C)
18 a heart that plots wicked schemes,(D)
feet eager to run to evil,(E)
19 a lying witness who gives false testimony,(F)
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.(G)

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16 There are six things the Lord hates,(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
17         haughty eyes,(B)
        a lying tongue,(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(D)
18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(E)
19         a false witness(F) who pours out lies(G)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(H)

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23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.(A)

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23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(A) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(B)

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Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth.(A) And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.(B)

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Its tail swept a third(A) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.(B) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child(C) the moment he was born.

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10 and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.

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10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(A)

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19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads that inflict injury.

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19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

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But exclude the courtyard outside the temple.(A) Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations,[a](B) and they will trample the holy city(C) for forty-two months.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:2 Or Gentiles

But exclude the outer court;(A) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(B) They will trample on the holy city(C) for 42 months.(D)

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And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them.(A) It was also given authority(B) over every tribe, people, language, and nation.(C)

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It was given power to wage war(A) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(B)

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10 If anyone is to be taken captive,
into captivity he goes.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with a sword,
with a sword he will be killed.(A)

This calls for endurance[b] and faithfulness from the saints.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:10 Other mss read anyone kills
  2. 13:10 Or Here is the perseverance

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

52 Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up the sword will perish by the sword.(A)

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52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.(A)

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40 You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you rebel,[a]
you will break his yoke from your neck.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:40 Hb obscure

40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve(A) your brother.(B)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.(C)

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15 “Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, though I did not send them, and who say, ‘There will never be sword or famine in this land.’ By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end.

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15 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the prophets who are prophesying in my name: I did not send them, yet they are saying, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ Those same prophets will perish(A) by sword and famine.(B)

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10 Our skin is as hot[a] as an oven(A)
from the ravages of hunger.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:10 Or black; Hb obscure

10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.(A)

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11 Look, the days are coming—
this is the declaration of the Lord God
when I will send a famine through the land:
not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the Lord.(A)

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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)

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