Zion Corrupted; Will Be Redeemed

21 How the faithful city has become a (A)prostitute,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
But now murderers.

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21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(A)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(B) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(C)

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20 “For long ago [a](A)I broke your yoke
And tore off your restraints;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every (B)high hill
And under every leafy tree
You have lain down as a prostitute.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:20 Or you

20 “Long ago you broke off your yoke(A)
    and tore off your bonds;(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’(C)
Indeed, on every high hill(D)
    and under every spreading tree(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.(F)

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All because of the (A)many sexual acts of the prostitute,
The charming one, the (B)mistress of sorceries,
Who (C)sells nations by her sexual acts,
And families by her sorceries.

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all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
    alluring, the mistress of sorceries,(A)
who enslaved nations by her prostitution(B)
    and peoples by her witchcraft.

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and on her forehead a name was written, [a]a (A)mystery: “(B)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF (C)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:5 Or “MYSTERY...”

The name written on her forehead was a mystery:(A)

babylon the great(B)

the mother of prostitutes(C)

and of the abominations of the earth.

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15 And he *said to me, “The (A)waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are (B)peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages. 16 And the (C)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her (D)desolate and (E)naked, and will (F)eat her flesh and will (G)burn her up with fire. 17 For (H)God has put it in their hearts to execute His [a]purpose [b]by (I)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the (J)words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The woman whom you saw is (K)the great city, which [c]reigns over the kings of the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 17:17 Or mind
  2. Revelation 17:17 Lit even to do one mind and to give
  3. Revelation 17:18 Lit has a kingdom

15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters(A) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.(B) 16 The beast and the ten horns(C) you saw will hate the prostitute.(D) They will bring her to ruin(E) and leave her naked;(F) they will eat her flesh(G) and burn her with fire.(H) 17 For God has put it into their hearts(I) to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority,(J) until God’s words are fulfilled.(K) 18 The woman you saw is the great city(L) that rules over the kings of the earth.”

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(A)because His (B)judgments are (C)true and righteous; for He has judged the (D)great prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has (E)avenged the blood of His bond-servants [a]on her.”

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  1. Revelation 19:2 Lit from her hand

    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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