(A)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [a]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as (B)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’

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  1. Revelation 18:7 sensually

15 This is the rejoicing city
(A)That dwelt securely,
(B)That said in her heart,
“I am it, and there is none besides me.”
How has she become a desolation,
A place for beasts to lie down!
Everyone who passes by her
(C)Shall hiss and (D)shake his fist.

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And you said, ‘I shall be (A)a lady forever,’
So that you did not (B)take these things to heart,
(C)Nor remember the latter end of them.

“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
But these two things shall come to you
(D)In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.

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Jerusalem in Affliction

How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
(A)How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The (B)princess among the provinces
Has become a [a]slave!

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  1. Lamentations 1:1 Lit. forced laborer

18 Say to (A)the king and to the queen mother,
“Humble yourselves;
Sit down,
For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”

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who opposes and (A)exalts himself (B)above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits [a]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For (C)the [b]mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only [c]He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, (D)whom the Lord will consume (E)with the breath of His mouth and destroy (F)with the brightness of His coming.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 NU omits as God
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 hidden truth
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Or he

The Humiliation of Babylon

47 “Come (A)down and (B)sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of (C)Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called
Tender and [a]delicate.
(D)Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil,
Take off the skirt,
Uncover the thigh,
Pass through the rivers.

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  1. Isaiah 47:1 dainty

12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (C)drinking wine:
(D)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14 (E)Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,
“Surely for this iniquity there (F)will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death,” says the Lord God of hosts.

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(A)Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women;
(B)At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

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“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is (A)lifted[a] up,
And (B)you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
(C)In the midst of the seas,’
(D)Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
(Behold, (E)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained (F)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
(G)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
Behold, therefore, I will bring (H)strangers against you,
(I)The most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
They shall throw you down into the (J)Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.

“Will you still (K)say before him who slays you,
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
10 You shall die the death of (L)the uncircumcised
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”

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  1. Ezekiel 28:2 Proud

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