21 (A)But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
    the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

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21 Surely God will crush the heads(A) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

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13 (A)You went out for the salvation of your people,
    for the salvation of (B)your anointed.
(C)You crushed the head of the house of the wicked,
    laying him bare from thigh to neck.[a] Selah

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  1. Habakkuk 3:13 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

13 You came out(A) to deliver(B) your people,
    to save your anointed(C) one.
You crushed(D) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.

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No, I tell you; but unless you (A)repent, you will all likewise perish.”

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I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(A) you too will all perish.”

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27 Again, (A)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

30 “Therefore (B)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. (C)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, (D)lest iniquity be your ruin.[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 18:30 Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block

27 But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.(A) 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.(B) 29 Yet the Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are my ways unjust, people of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

30 “Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent!(C) Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.(D)

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He will (A)execute judgment among the nations,
    (B)filling them with corpses;
he will (C)shatter chiefs[a]
    over the wide earth.

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  1. Psalm 110:6 Or the head

He will judge the nations,(A) heaping up the dead(B)
    and crushing the rulers(C) of the whole earth.

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12 If a man[a] does not repent, God[b] will (A)whet his sword;
    he has (B)bent and (C)readied his bow;

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he
  2. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he

12 If he does not relent,(A)
    he[a] will sharpen his sword;(B)
    he will bend and string his bow.(C)

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God

14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (A)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (B)eat food sacrificed to idols and (C)practice sexual immorality. 15 So also you have some who hold the teaching of (D)the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent. If not, (E)I will come to you soon and (F)war against them with (G)the sword of my mouth.

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14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(A) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(B) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(C) and committed sexual immorality.(D) 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.(E) 16 Repent(F) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.(G)

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25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (A)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

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25 See to it that you do not refuse(A) him who speaks.(B) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(C) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(D)

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24 (A)Because I have called and (B)you refused to listen,
    have (C)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have (D)ignored all my counsel
    and (E)would have none of my reproof,
26 I also (F)will laugh at your calamity;
    I will mock when (G)terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like (H)a storm
    and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 (I)Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they (J)hated knowledge
    and (K)did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (L)would have none of my counsel
    and (M)despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat (N)the fruit of their way,
    and have (O)their fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by (P)their turning away,
    and (Q)the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but (R)whoever listens to me will dwell secure
    and will be (S)at ease, without dread of disaster.”

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24 But since you refuse(A) to listen when I call(B)
    and no one pays attention(C) when I stretch out my hand,
25 since you disregard all my advice
    and do not accept my rebuke,
26 I in turn will laugh(D) when disaster(E) strikes you;
    I will mock(F) when calamity overtakes you(G)
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster(H) sweeps over you like a whirlwind,
    when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(I)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(J)
29 since they hated knowledge
    and did not choose to fear the Lord.(K)
30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,(L)
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(M)
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;(N)
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety(O)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”(P)

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23 But you, O God, (A)will cast them down
    into (B)the pit of destruction;
men of (C)blood and treachery
    shall not (D)live out half their days.
But I will (E)trust in you.

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23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(B)
    will not live out half their days.(C)

But as for me, I trust in you.(D)

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Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since (A)the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and (B)every transgression or disobedience received a just (C)retribution, (D)how shall we escape if we (E)neglect such a great salvation? It was (F)declared at first by the Lord, and it was (G)attested to us (H)by those who heard,

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Warning to Pay Attention

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.(A) For since the message spoken(B) through angels(C) was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,(D) how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(E) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(F) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(G)

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Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.

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18 (A)You ascended on high,
    (B)leading a host of captives in your train
    and (C)receiving gifts among men,
even among (D)the rebellious, (E)that the Lord God may dwell there.

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18 When you ascended(A) on high,(B)
    you took many captives;(C)
    you received gifts from people,(D)
even from[a] the rebellious(E)
    that you,[b] Lord God, might dwell there.

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  1. Psalm 68:18 Or gifts for people, / even
  2. Psalm 68:18 Or they