Revelation 17:16
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16 And the ten horns which you [a]saw on the beast, (A)these will hate the harlot, make her (B)desolate (C)and naked, eat her flesh and (D)burn her with fire.
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- Revelation 17:16 NU, M saw, and the beast
Revelation 18:8
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8 Therefore her plagues will come (A)in one day—death and mourning and famine. And (B)she will be utterly burned with fire, (C)for strong is the Lord God who [a]judges her.
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- Revelation 18:8 NU, M has judged
Leviticus 21:9
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9 The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be (A)burned with fire.
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Ezekiel 16:37-44
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37 surely, therefore, (A)I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved, and all those you hated; I will gather them from all around against you and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. 38 And I will judge you as (B)women who break wedlock or (C)shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy. 39 I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your shrines and break down (D)your [a]high places. (E)They shall also strip you of your clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
40 (F)“They shall also bring up an assembly against you, (G)and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords. 41 They shall (H)burn your houses with fire, and (I)execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you (J)cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers. 42 So (K)I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more. 43 Because (L)you did not remember the days of your youth, but [b]agitated Me with all these things, surely (M)I will also recompense your [c]deeds on your own head,” says the Lord God. “And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.
More Wicked than Samaria and Sodom
44 “Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use this proverb against you: ‘Like mother, like daughter!’
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- Ezekiel 16:39 Places for pagan worship
- Ezekiel 16:43 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT were agitated with Me
- Ezekiel 16:43 Lit. way
Revelation 18:16-17
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16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, (A)that great city (B)that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 (C)For in one hour such great riches [a]came to nothing.’ (D)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance
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- Revelation 18:17 have been laid waste
Revelation 17:1-2
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The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast
17 Then (A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying [a]to me, “Come, (B)I will show you the judgment of (C)the great harlot (D)who sits on many waters, 2 (E)with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and (F)the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
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- Revelation 17:1 NU, M omit to me
Jeremiah 50:41-42
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41 “Behold,(A) a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
42 (B)They shall hold the bow and the lance;
(C)They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
(D)Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
Revelation 18:19
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19 (A)“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! (B)For in one hour she [a]is made desolate.’
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- Revelation 18:19 have been laid waste
Ezekiel 23:45-49
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45 But righteous men will (A)judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and (B)blood is on their hands.
46 “For thus says the Lord God: (C)‘Bring up an assembly against them, give them up to trouble and plunder. 47 (D)The assembly shall stone them with stones and [a]execute them with their swords; (E)they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire. 48 Thus (F)I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, (G)that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness. 49 They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall (H)pay for your idolatrous sins. (I)Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”
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- Ezekiel 23:47 Lit. cut down
Revelation 19:18
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18 (A)that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, [a]free and slave, both small and great.”
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- Revelation 19:18 NU, M both free
Revelation 17:12-13
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12 (A)“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
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Revelation 17:10
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10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must (A)continue a short time.
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Revelation 16:12
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Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up
12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl (A)on the great river Euphrates, (B)and its water was dried up, (C)so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.
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Daniel 7:5
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5 (A)“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
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Isaiah 13:17-18
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17 “Behold,(A) I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not [a]regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.
18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
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- Isaiah 13:17 esteem
Psalm 27:2
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2 When the wicked came against me
To (A)eat[a] up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
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- Psalm 27:2 devour
Job 31:31
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31 If the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
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