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to execute on them the judgment decreed.
    This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!(A)

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14 He has raised up a horn for his people,
    praise for all his faithful,
    for the people of Israel who are close to him.
Praise the Lord!(A)

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Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases?(A) Do you not know that we are to judge angels, to say nothing of ordinary matters?

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14 they will wage war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”(A)

15 And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore[a] is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.(B) 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore;[b] they will make her desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.(C)

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  1. 17.15 Or prostitute
  2. 17.16 Or prostitute

21 To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.(A)

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26 They shall live in safety in it and shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall live in safety when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God.(A)

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22 I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.(A) 23 And I will make it a possession of the screech owl[a] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts.(B)

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  1. 14.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

O daughter Babylon, you devastator![a]
    Happy shall they be who pay you back
    what you have done to us!(A)

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  1. 137.8 Or you who are devastated

42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the long-haired enemy.’(A)

43 Praise, O heavens,[a] his people;
    worship him, all you gods![b]
For he will avenge the blood of his children[c]
    and take vengeance on his adversaries;
he will repay those who hate him[d]
    and cleanse the land for his people.”[e](B)

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  1. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT nations
  2. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT lacks this line
  3. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT his servants
  4. 32.43 Q ms Gk: MT lacks this line
  5. 32.43 Q ms Sam Gk Vg: MT his land his people

A Chosen People

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy and he clears away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you(A) and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show them no mercy.(B)

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