For (A)I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.”

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14 And I will (A)dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”

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The king was angry, and he sent his troops and (A)destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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And (A)the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,
    in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
    like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
(B)which, when it goes through, treads down
    and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

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19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
    the land is scorched,
and (A)the people are like fuel for the fire;
    (B)no one spares another.
20 (C)They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
    and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
(D)each devours the flesh of his own arm,
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
    together they are (E)against Judah.
(F)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

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26 For (A)if we go on sinning deliberately (B)after receiving the knowledge of the truth, (C)there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 (D)but a fearful expectation of judgment, and (E)a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 (F)Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy (G)on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (H)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (I)the blood of the covenant (J)by which he was sanctified, and has (K)outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, (L)“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, (M)“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 (N)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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22 “Mark this, then, you who (A)forget God,
    lest I tear you apart, and there be (B)none to deliver!

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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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(A)how shall we escape if we (B)neglect such a great salvation? It was (C)declared at first by the Lord, and it was (D)attested to us (E)by those who heard,

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16 (A)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (B)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (C)wrath has come upon them at last![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever

15 They cried out, (A)“Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

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22 for these are (A)days of (B)vengeance, to fulfill (C)all that is written. 23 (D)Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and (E)wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and (F)be led captive among all nations, and (G)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, (H)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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16 You will be delivered up (A)even by parents and brothers[a] and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 (B)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.

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  1. Luke 21:16 Or parents and brothers and sisters

43 For (A)the days will come upon you, when your enemies (B)will set up a barricade around you and (C)surround you and hem you in on every side 44 (D)and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And (E)they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know (F)the time of your (G)visitation.”

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52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, (A)father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

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10 And then many will fall away[a] and (A)betray one another and hate one another.

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  1. Matthew 24:10 Or stumble

35 so that on you may come all (A)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (B)Abel to the blood of (C)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (D)the sanctuary and (E)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (F)all these things will come upon this generation.

Lament over Jerusalem

37 (G)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (H)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (I)gathered (J)your children together (K)as a hen gathers her brood (L)under her wings, and (M)you were not willing! 38 See, (N)your house is left to you desolate.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah

33 (A)And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 (B)And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,[a] (C)until he should pay all his debt. 35 (D)So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother (E)from your heart.”

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  1. Matthew 18:34 Greek torturers

Not Peace, but a Sword

34 (A)“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. (B)I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 (C)For I have come (D)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 (E)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

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21 (A)Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

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And he will (A)turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and (B)strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:6 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction

13 And (A)on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that (B)each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.

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14 Then I broke (A)my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. (A)What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.”

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(A)Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, (B)I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them.

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