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These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; they follow the Lamb wherever he goes; they have been ransomed from among humanity as firstfruits for God and the Lamb;

In a loud voice he said, "Fear God, give him glory, for the hour has come when he will pass judgment! Worship the One who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!"

Next I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: ‘How blessed are the dead who die united with the Lord, from now on!' ‘Yes,' says the Spirit, ‘now they may rest from their efforts, for the things they have accomplished follow along with them.'"

The winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress as high as the horses' bridles for two hundred miles!

Adonai , who will not fear and glorify your name? because you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed."

The sixth one poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water dried up, in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

They are miracle-working demonic spirits which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world to assemble them for the War of the Great Day of Adonai -Tzva'ot.

And huge seventy-pound hailstones fell on people from the sky. But the people cursed God for the plague of hail, that it was such a terrible plague.

This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is sitting; also they are seven kings —

The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet begun to rule, but they receive power as kings for one hour, along with the beast.

As for the ten horns that you saw and the beast, they will hate the whore, bring her to ruin, leave her naked, eat her flesh and consume her with fire.

For God put it in their hearts to do what will fulfill his purpose, that is, to be of one mind and give their kingdom to the beast until God's words have accomplished their intent.

He cried out in a strong voice, "She has fallen! She has fallen! Bavel the Great! She has become a home for demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, a prison for every unclean, hated bird.

"For all the nations have drunk of the wine of God's fury caused by her whoring — yes, the kings of the earth went whoring with her, and from her unrestrained love of luxury the world's businessmen have grown rich."

for her sins are a sticky mass piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

"Render to her as she rendered to others! Pay her back double for what she has done! Use the cup in which she has brewed to brew her a double-sized drink!

"Give her as much torment and sorrow as the glory and luxury she gave herself! For in her heart she says, ‘I sit a queen — I am not a widow, I will never see sorrow.'

Standing at a distance, for fear of her torment, they will say, "Oh no! The great city! Bavel, the mighty city! In a single hour your judgment has come!"

The fruits you lusted for with all your heart have gone! All the luxury and flashiness have been destroyed, never to return!

The sellers of these things, who got rich from her, will stand at a distance, for fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,