Luke 10:15
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15 And you, Capernaum,
will you be exalted to heaven?
No, you will be brought down to Hades.(A)
Isaiah 14:13-15
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13 You said to yourself,
“I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
on the heights of Zaphon;[a](A)
14 I will ascend to the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”(B)
15 But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the depths of the Pit.(C)
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- 14.13 Or assembly in the far north
Matthew 4:13
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13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
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2 Peter 2:4
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4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell and committed them to chains[a] of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment;(A)
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- 2.4 Other ancient authorities read pits
Luke 13:28
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28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out.(A)
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Matthew 11:23
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23 And you, Capernaum,
will you be exalted to heaven?
No, you will be brought down to Hades.
“For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.(A)
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Luke 7:1-2
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Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Slave
7 After Jesus[a] had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.(A) 2 A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly and who was ill and close to death.
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- 7.1 Gk he
Matthew 10:28
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28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]
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- 10.28 Gk Gehenna
Obadiah 4
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4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
says the Lord.(A)
Amos 9:2-3
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2 Though they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.(A)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
from there I will search out and take them;
and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.(B)
Ezekiel 32:27
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27 And they do not lie with the fallen warriors of long ago[a] who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads and whose shields[b] are upon their bones; for the terror of the warriors was in the land of the living.(A)
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Ezekiel 32:20
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20 They shall fall among those who are killed by the sword. Egypt[a] has been handed over to the sword; both it and its hordes will be carried away.[b]
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Ezekiel 32:18
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18 Mortal, wail over the hordes of Egypt
and send them down,
with Egypt[a] and the daughters of majestic nations,
to the world below,
with those who go down to the Pit.(A)
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- 32.18 Heb it
Ezekiel 31:18
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18 Which among the trees of Eden was like you in glory and in greatness? Now you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the world below; you shall lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are killed by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his horde, says the Lord God.(A)
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Ezekiel 28:12-14
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12 Mortal, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him: Thus says the Lord God:
You were the signet of perfection,[a]
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(A)
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God;
every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, chrysolite, and moonstone,
beryl, onyx, and jasper,
sapphire,[b] turquoise, and emerald;
and worked in gold were your settings
and your engravings.[c]
On the day that you were created
they were prepared.(B)
14 You were a cherub;[d]
I placed you on the holy mountain of God;
you walked among the stones of fire.(C)
Ezekiel 26:20
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20 then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of long ago, and I will make you live in the world below, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place[a] in the land of the living.(A)
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- 26.20 Gk: Heb I will give beauty
Jeremiah 51:53
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53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
and though she should fortify her strong height,
from me destroyers would come upon her,
says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 5:14
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14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
and opened its mouth beyond measure;
the nobility of Jerusalem[a] and her multitude go down,
her throng and all who exult in her.(A)
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- 5.14 Heb her nobility
Deuteronomy 1:28
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28 Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, “The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!” ’(A)
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Genesis 11:4
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4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”(A)
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Luke 16:23
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23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side.[a](A)
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- 16.23 Gk in his bosom
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