10 Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.(A)

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10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(A)
    into miry pits, never to rise.

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or, “Who will go down into the abyss?”(A)[a] that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.(B)

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“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[a](A) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13

The Fifth Trumpet

The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth.(A) The key to the shaft of the abyss(B) was given to him. He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great[a] furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:2 Other mss omit great

The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.(A) The star was given the key(B) to the shaft of the Abyss.(C) When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(D) The sun and sky were darkened(E) by the smoke from the Abyss.(F)

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11 They had as their king[a] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[b] and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[c]

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  1. Revelation 9:11 Or as king over them
  2. Revelation 9:11 Or destruction
  3. Revelation 9:11 Or destroyer

11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(A) whose name in Hebrew(B) is Abaddon(C) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

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The Witnesses Martyred

When they finish their testimony, the beast[a](A) that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them.

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  1. Revelation 11:7 Or wild animal

Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast(A) that comes up from the Abyss(B) will attack them,(C) and overpower and kill them.

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The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss(A) and go to destruction.(B) Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world(C) will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present again.(D)

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The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss(A) and go to its destruction.(B) The inhabitants of the earth(C) whose names have not been written in the book of life(D) from the creation of the world will be astonished(E) when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

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Satan Bound

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the abyss(A) and a great chain in his hand.

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The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,(A) having the key(B) to the Abyss(C) and holding in his hand a great chain.

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He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it(A) so that he would no longer deceive the nations(B) until the 1,000 years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

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He threw him into the Abyss,(A) and locked and sealed(B) it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations(C) anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

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