For (A)they have shed the blood (B)of saints and prophets,
(C)And You have given them blood to drink.
[a]For it is their just due.”

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  1. Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For

for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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26 I will (A)feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own (B)blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh (C)shall know
That I, the Lord, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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26 I will make your oppressors(A) eat(B) their own flesh;
    they will be drunk on their own blood,(C) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(D)
    that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(E)
    your Redeemer,(F) the Mighty One of Jacob.(G)

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18 The nations were (A)angry, and Your [a]wrath has come,
And the time of the (B)dead, that they should be judged,
And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,
And those who fear Your name, small and great,
And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

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  1. Revelation 11:18 anger

18 The nations were angry,(A)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,(B)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets(C)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small(D)
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

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10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, (A)“How long, O Lord, (B)holy and true, (C)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a (D)white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them (E)that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

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10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E) 11 Then each of them was given a white robe,(F) and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[a] were killed just as they had been.(G)

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  1. Revelation 6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.

24 And (A)in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who (B)were slain on the earth.”

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24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people,(A)
    of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”(B)

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I saw (A)the woman, drunk (B)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (C)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the [a]mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.

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  1. Revelation 17:7 hidden truth

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people,(A) the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery(B) of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.(C)

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15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (A)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship(A) the image to be killed.(B)

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49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, (A)‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ 50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

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49 Because of this, God in his wisdom(A) said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’(B) 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

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For with what [a]judgment you judge, you will be judged; (A)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

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  1. Matthew 7:2 Condemnation

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(A)

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For (A)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (B)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”

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    for true and just are his judgments.(A)
He has condemned the great prostitute(B)
    who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(C)

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20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you [a]holy apostles and prophets, for (B)God has avenged you on her!”

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  1. Revelation 18:20 NU, M saints and apostles

20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens!(A)
    Rejoice, you people of God!
    Rejoice, apostles and prophets!
For God has judged her
    with the judgment she imposed on you.”(B)

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10 (A)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; (B)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. (C)Here is the [a]patience and the faith of the saints.

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  1. Revelation 13:10 perseverance

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(B) on the part of God’s people.(C)

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  1. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  2. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2

29 (A)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, (B)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, (C)and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(A) underfoot,(B) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(C) that sanctified them,(D) and who has insulted the Spirit(E) of grace?(F)

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