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SUBTLE IDOLS
Throughout the Old Testament, idol worship has always been one of the things that God comes down very strongly on. The Ten Commandments begin with, "You shall have no other gods before me," and "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything ... you shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God." (Exodus 20 v 3 - 5).
When we think of idols, we tend to think of things that are set up in direct opposition to God, but we have to learn that even the most holy things of God's design can become idols. Israel were supposed to be worshipping God, and, I am sure that many of them thought they were. But instead of worshipping God, it seems they had begun to worship the ark of God instead of God himself - after all, they could see the ark. The same happened later on when Israel began to worship the bronze image of the serpent on the pole, that was made by Moses.
"How terrible," we think to ourselves, "that these people could have turned from God this way." But do we do it ourselves? We can turn the Bible into an object of worship rather than its author; we can become church or family centred rather than God centred; we can live for doing good rather than living for God.
Let's make sure that we reserve all our worship and all our love for God.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
Surely Israel should not have fetched the ark from Shiloh. Was it covered, or uncovered? That, we do not know. But nobody should have ever seen that holy furniture, save the High Priest once a year, and then it would have been obscured by the smoke of the incense. The ark was not to be thought of as a lucky charm. God was most displeased, and the ark was captured.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
Israel, who had been worshipping the LORD incorrectly through the leadership of the sons of Eli, and who were also serving foreign Gods at the same time (7:3-4) went to battle and were defeated. They blamed God for it. Was that fair? They then decided in order to gain God's favour they ought to let Him tag along. When they brought the Ark into the camp, a great shout went up which shook the earth. They thought that God had come among them and as with them. The Philistines likewise heard it and thought that God was among them and with them. They were all wrong.
The mistake Israel had made was to forget the command of the LORD not to make any graven image. The reason for this command was that the people would gradually come to trust in it more than the God behind it. So it was that in the process of time they had become so used to images and idols of foreign Gods that they had started to assume God was the same. They thought that He was the Ark, or was in the Ark. This lead them to believe (as the Philistines did) that God was with them as long as they possessed it. Yet God wasn't with them, nor was He for them, but against them.
Sometimes it is when we lose a battle we should have won that we realise God has left us. God has made many promises regarding the blessings given to those who serve Him, and sometimes it is when we start to lose all our blessings that we realise He is against us and not for us. We too have a tendency to tag God along at the end of our battle line. We decide we will do something and we pray after we have decided it. God simply does not work that way. God wants us to come to a lifestyle where we are serving Him only, rather than as part of a stack of other things we put our trust in. We can be in danger of making God in our own image depending on what we want Him to be, and this simply isn't good enough.
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to Rob
4:1 'The word of Samuel came to all Israel.' Compare this with 2:22-24, where the words of all Israel (or 'all the people') came to Eli.
Joshua Carmody [Eastern Suburbs] Comment added in 2011 Reply to Joshua
v. 8 Israel had been in the land for about 400 years yet the rembrance of what God did to the Egyptians was still remembered by the Philistines. There memory seemed better than the children of Israel who soon forgot God after he saved them.
Alex Browning [Kitchener-Waterloo] Comment added in 2016 Reply to Alex
v18. The news that shocked Eli the most was the capture of the ark by the Philistines. The violent death of his two sons was sad enough, but his heart was shattered by the news of the ark's capture. Eli was a weak leader, but even weak leaders have spiritual sensitivities. We sometimes want to paint Bible characters as all bad or all good whereas the reality is often in between - we need to be aware of how to handle difficult situations with compromised but often lovely brethren and sisters. Many, maybe all, of the Bible characters mentioned as examples of faith in Hebrews 11 showed remarkable faith but often possessed huge blindspots. Would we instinctively include Jephthah, Gideon and Samson in our list of people whose faith was exemplary? Yet Heb 11:32 does.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2022 Reply to Bruce
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1. And the word <1697> of Samuel <8050> came to all Israel <3478>. Now Israel <3478> went out <3318>(8799) against <7125>(8800) the Philistines <6430> to battle <4421>, and pitched <2583>(8799) beside Ebenezer <72>: and the Philistines <6430> pitched <2583>(8804) in Aphek <663>.
2. And the Philistines <6430> put themselves in array <6186>(8799) against <7125>(8800) Israel <3478>: and when they joined <5203>(8799) battle <4421>, Israel <3478> was smitten <5062>(8735) before <6440> the Philistines <6430>: and they slew <5221>(8686) of the army <4634> in the field <7704> about four <702> thousand <505> men <376>.
3. And when the people <5971> were come <935>(8799) into the camp <4264>, the elders <2205> of Israel <3478> said <559>(8799), Wherefore hath the LORD <3068> smitten <5062>(8804) us to day <3117> before <6440> the Philistines <6430>? Let us fetch <3947>(8799) the ark <727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> out of Shiloh <7887> unto us, that, when it cometh <935>(8799) among <7130> us, it may save <3467>(8686) us out of the hand <3709> of our enemies <341>(8802).
4. So the people <5971> sent <7971>(8799) to Shiloh <7887>, that they might bring <5375>(8799) from thence the ark <727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, which dwelleth <3427>(8802) between the cherubims <3742>: and the two <8147> sons <1121> of Eli <5941>, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas <6372>, were there with the ark <727> of the covenant <1285> of God <430>.
5. And when the ark <727> of the covenant <1285> of the LORD <3068> came <935>(8800) into the camp <4264>, all Israel <3478> shouted <7321>(8686) with a great <1419> shout <8643>, so that the earth <776> rang again <1949>(8735).
6. And when the Philistines <6430> heard <8085>(8799) the noise <6963> of the shout <8643>, they said <559>(8799), What meaneth the noise <6963> of this great <1419> shout <8643> in the camp <4264> of the Hebrews <5680>? And they understood <3045>(8799) that the ark <727> of the LORD <3068> was come <935>(8804) into the camp <4264>.
7. And the Philistines <6430> were afraid <3372>(8799), for they said <559>(8804), God <430> is come <935>(8804) into the camp <4264>. And they said <559>(8799), Woe <188> unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore <865> <8032>.
8. Woe <188> unto us! who shall deliver <5337>(8686) us out of the hand <3027> of these mighty <117> Gods <430>? these are the Gods <430> that smote <5221>(8688) the Egyptians <4714> with all the plagues <4347> in the wilderness <4057>.
9. Be strong <2388>(8690), and quit <1961>(8798) yourselves like men <582>, O ye Philistines <6430>, that ye be not servants <5647>(8799) unto the Hebrews <5680>, as they have been <5647>(8804) to you: quit <1961>(8804) yourselves like men <582>, and fight <3898>(8738).
10. And the Philistines <6430> fought <3898>(8735), and Israel <3478> was smitten <5062>(8735), and they fled <5127>(8799) every man <376> into his tent <168>: and there was a very <3966> great <1419> slaughter <4347>; for there fell <5307>(8799) of Israel <3478> thirty <7970> thousand <505> footmen <7273>.
11. And the ark <727> of God <430> was taken <3947>(8738); and the two <8147> sons <1121> of Eli <5941>, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas <6372>, were slain <4191>(8804).
12. And there ran <7323>(8799) a man <376> of Benjamin <1144> out of the army <4634>, and came <935>(8799) to Shiloh <7887> the same day <3117> with his clothes <4055> rent <7167>(8803), and with earth <127> upon his head <7218>.
13. And when he came <935>(8799), lo, Eli <5941> sat <3427>(8802) upon a seat <3678> by the wayside <1870> <3027>(8675) <3197> watching <6822>(8764): for his heart <3820> trembled <2730> for the ark <727> of God <430>. And when the man <376> came <935>(8802) into the city <5892>, and told <5046>(8687) it, all the city <5892> cried out <2199>(8799).
14. And when Eli <5941> heard <8085>(8799) the noise <6963> of the crying <6818>, he said <559>(8799), What meaneth the noise <6963> of this tumult <1995>? And the man <376> came <935>(8799) in hastily <4116>(8765), and told <5046>(8686) Eli <5941>.
15. Now Eli <5941> was ninety <8673> and eight <8083> years <8141> old <1121>; and his eyes <5869> were dim <6965>(8804), that he could <3201>(8804) not see <7200>(8800).
16. And the man <376> said <559>(8799) unto Eli <5941>, I am he that came <935>(8802) out of the army <4634>, and I fled <5127>(8804) to day <3117> out of the army <4634>. And he said <559>(8799), What is there done <1697>, my son <1121>?
17. And the messenger <1319>(8764) answered <6030>(8799) and said <559>(8799), Israel <3478> is fled <5127>(8804) before <6440> the Philistines <6430>, and there hath been also a great <1419> slaughter <4046> among the people <5971>, and thy two <8147> sons <1121> also, Hophni <2652> and Phinehas <6372>, are dead <4191>(8804), and the ark <727> of God <430> is taken <3947>(8738).
18. And it came to pass, when he made mention <2142>(8687) of the ark <727> of God <430>, that he fell <5307>(8799) from off the seat <3678> backward <322> by <1157> the side <3027> of the gate <8179>, and his neck <4665> brake <7665>(8735), and he died <4191>(8799): for he was an old <2204>(8804) man <376>, and heavy <3513>(8804). And he had judged <8199>(8804) Israel <3478> forty <705> years <8141>.
19. And his daughter in law <3618>, Phinehas <6372>' wife <802>, was with child <2030>, near to be delivered <3205>(8800): and when she heard <8085>(8799) the tidings <8052> that <413> the ark <727> of God <430> was taken <3947>(8736), and that her father in law <2524> and her husband <376> were dead <4191>(8804), she bowed <3766>(8799) herself and travailed <3205>(8799); for her pains <6735> came <2015>(8738) upon her.
20. And about the time <6256> of her death <4191>(8800) the women that stood <5324>(8737) by her said <1696>(8762) unto her, Fear <3372>(8799) not; for thou hast born <3205>(8804) a son <1121>. But she answered <6030>(8804) not, neither did she regard <7896>(8804) <3820> it.
21. And she named <7121>(8799) the child <5288> Ichabod <350>, saying <559>(8800), The glory <3519> is departed <1540>(8804) from Israel <3478>: because <413> the ark <727> of God <430> was taken <3947>(8736), and because of her father in law <2524> and her husband <376>.
22. And she said <559>(8799), The glory <3519> is departed <1540>(8804) from Israel <3478>: for the ark <727> of God <430> is taken <3947>(8738).
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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Life would be difficult if it were dark all the time. For that reason God has given us the light of the sun by day and the moon by night. We are also able to light our own worlds with artificial lighting or the flame of a torch. Having light, and especially the light of the sun, makes for an easier life, particularly if we are in unfamiliar places or doing activities that are not so normal. Walking an unfamiliar path through a forest is much easier in the light of the sun than it would be at night in the light of a flickering torch. The shadows cast by our own meagre light source leave many obstacles hidden and dangers in our path. But in the light of the sun, nothing is hidden.
The way of life is also an unfamiliar path. We have no idea what twists and turns or rises and falls may be in store for us just around the corner. So Isaiah urges us to trust in the LORD. It is dark, but if we trust in the LORD we will have light like the sun that drives away all the shadows. "Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God." (Isa 51:10)
There is an alternative to God's light. We could walk by our own light, our own flickering torches casting shadows and hiding dangers in our way. But God's warning is clear. "But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. this is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment." (v.11)
Let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to Robert
Isa 50
A reader writes: “A brother commenting on today’s (25/06) reading in Isaiah states that he didn’t think that God had divorced Israel as then it would not be permissible for Him to take them back.”
My reply: God married Israel, the 12 tribes split, and eventually God divorced the Northern Kingdom of Israel’s 10 tribes, not the Southern Kingdom of Judah, 2 tribes - Benjamin remaining with the tribe of Judah. God had rend the Kingdom and gave the 10 tribes to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat (1Kin 11:29-35; 12:15)! It was from the tribe of Judah the Saviour would come (cf. Gen 49:8-10). How could anyone possibly imagine God staying in an idolatrous covenant breaking “marriage,” a bride who dealt "treacherously" with Him (Jer 3:20), contrary to His own pronouncement of its conditionality? The marriage was not a physical marriage, of course, but a metaphorical one – a spiritual union.
The Covenant of Marriage under the Old Covenant was, indeed, abolished (note: was a husband, (Jer 31:32), and a New Covenant would come into effect (Jer 31:31-33). God’s marital contract was conditional with Israel (Exo 19:5). Israel accepted the marital contract (Exo 24:3), but failed to keep it (Eze 16, note v. 38). However, God made provisions to accept all those who would come to Him through His Son, the faithful seed of Abraham - the faithful remnant from every tribe and nation, and none other. In 1Kin 12:23 we read, “Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people saying…” "People" is # <5971>, "am ... "spec. a tribe (as those of Israel)..." This refers to a remnant from the other ten tribes that stayed with Judah. We know the tribe of Simeon's inheritance was within the tribe of Judah (Josh 19:1), so some may well have stayed with Judah.
The New Covenant is in His Son of the tribe and Kingdom of Judah who were not divorced, and under whose umbrella Israel in the future will come (cf. Heb 9:15). Under His Son, the tribes will be reunited again (cf. Isa 65:8,9). The Israelites could not be married to two husbands nor be under two Covenants (cf. Rom 7), which is what we would have to believe, and would be contrary to what Paul taught, if we do not believe God’s Word, that He did, indeed, divorce and rend the 10 tribes from Judah!
With the exception of a few remnant, Israel to this day is unbelieving and filled with idolatry and spiritual adultery, but this will change when Christ returns. It is in the future, and their hearts will, indeed, then be changed (cf. Jer 3:14-20; Rev 7:4,5). In Christ and under Christ, unity of the tribes’ faithful remnant will happen again, and they will mourn for him whom they had pierced (Zech 12:10). The faithful remnant of Israel (Jer 31:7) will be part of a joyous reunion (Jer 3:18), based on promises to the spiritual bride of Christ, the law written on the hearts of the spiritual bride, a reunion we hope to be part of in that day.
Valerie Mello [in isolation, TN, USA] Comment added in 2018 Reply to Valerie
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1. Thus saith <559>(8804) the LORD <3068>, Where is the bill <5612> of your mother's <517> divorcement <3748>, whom I have put away <7971>(8765)? or which of my creditors <5383>(8802) is it to whom I have sold <4376>(8804) you? Behold, for your iniquities <5771> have ye sold <4376>(8738) yourselves, and for your transgressions <6588> is your mother <517> put away <7971>(8795).
2. Wherefore, when I came <935>(8804), was there no man <376>? when I called <7121>(8804), was there none to answer <6030>(8802)? Is my hand <3027> shortened <7114>(8804) at all <7114>(8800), that it cannot redeem <6304>? or have I no power <3581> to deliver <5337>(8687)? behold, at my rebuke <1606> I dry up <2717>(8686) the sea <3220>, I make <7760>(8799) the rivers <5104> a wilderness <4057>: their fish <1710> stinketh <887>(8799), because there is no water <4325>, and dieth <4191>(8799) for thirst <6772>.
3. I clothe <3847>(8686) the heavens <8064> with blackness <6940>, and I make <7760>(8799) sackcloth <8242> their covering <3682>.
4. The Lord <136> GOD <3069> hath given <5414>(8804) me the tongue <3956> of the learned <3928>, that I should know <3045>(8800) how to speak <5790>(8800) a word <1697> in season to him that is weary <3287>: he wakeneth <5782>(8686) morning <1242> by morning <1242>, he wakeneth <5782>(8686) mine ear <241> to hear <8085>(8800) as the learned <3928>.
5. The Lord <136> GOD <3069> hath opened <6605>(8804) mine ear <241>, and I was not rebellious <4784>(8804), neither turned away <5472>(8738) back <268>.
6. I gave <5414>(8804) my back <1460> to the smiters <5221>(8688), and my cheeks <3895> to them that plucked off <4803>(8802) the hair: I hid <5641>(8689) not my face <6440> from shame <3639> and spitting <7536>.
7. For the Lord <136> GOD <3069> will help <5826>(8799) me; therefore shall I not be confounded <3637>(8738): therefore have I set <7760>(8804) my face <6440> like a flint <2496>, and I know <3045>(8799) that I shall not be ashamed <954>(8799).
8. He is near <7138> that justifieth <6663>(8688) me; who will contend <7378>(8799) with me? let us stand <5975>(8799) together <3162>: who is mine adversary <1167> <4941>? let him come near <5066>(8799) to me.
9. Behold, the Lord <136> GOD <3069> will help <5826>(8799) me; who is he that shall condemn <7561>(8686) me? lo, they all shall wax old <1086>(8799) as a garment <899>; the moth <6211> shall eat them up <398>(8799).
10. Who is among you that feareth <3373> the LORD <3068>, that obeyeth <8085>(8802) the voice <6963> of his servant <5650>, that walketh <1980>(8804) in darkness <2825>, and hath no light <5051>? let him trust <982>(8799) in the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>, and stay <8172>(8735) upon his God <430>.
11. Behold, all ye that kindle <6919>(8802) a fire <784>, that compass yourselves about <247>(8764) with sparks <2131>: walk <3212>(8798) in the light <217> of your fire <784>, and in the sparks <2131> that ye have kindled <1197>(8765). This shall ye have of mine hand <3027>; ye shall lie down <7901>(8799) in sorrow <4620>.
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The holy city is Jerusalem. Nowhere in the scriptures are Rome, nor Paris (re Eureka), referred to as "holy".
Jerusalem is where Jesus was crucified, not Rome.
Jerusalem is described as a harlot city, in Isaiah 1, and likened to Sodom in Is 1:10. In Ezek 16:26 she is likened to Egypt.
The city will be trodden down by the gentiles Luke 21:24!
Listen to the Lord Jesus Christ! Open your eyes and ears!
Ellen Reid [St Arnaud, Australia, Isolation] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Ellen
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1. And <2532> I saw <1492>(5627) another <243> mighty <2478> angel <32> come down <2597>(5723) from <1537> heaven <3772>, clothed <4016>(5772) with a cloud <3507>: and <2532> a rainbow <2463> was upon <1909> his <846> head <2776>, and <2532> his <846> face <4383> was as it were <5613> the sun <2246>, and <2532> his <846> feet <4228> as <5613> pillars <4769> of fire <4442>:
2. And <2532> he had <2192>(5707) in <1722> his <848> hand <5495> a little book <974> open <455>(5772): and <2532> he set <5087>(5656) his <848> right <1188> foot <4228> upon <1909> the sea <2281>, and <1161> his left <2176> foot on <1909> the earth <1093>,
3. And <2532> cried <2896>(5656) with a loud <3173> voice <5456>, as <5618> when a lion <3023> roareth <3455>(5736): and <2532> when <3753> he had cried <2896>(5656), seven <2033> thunders <1027> uttered <2980>(5656) their <1438> voices <5456>.
4. And <2532> when <3753> the seven <2033> thunders <1027> had uttered <2980>(5656) their <1438> voices <5456>, I was about <3195>(5707) to write <1125>(5721): and <2532> I heard <191>(5656) a voice <5456> from <1537> heaven <3772> saying <3004>(5723) unto me <3427>, Seal up <4972>(5657) those things which <3739> the seven <2033> thunders <1027> uttered <2980>(5656), and <2532> write <1125>(5661) them <5023> not <3361>.
5. And <2532> the angel <32> which <3739> I saw <1492>(5627) stand <2476>(5761) upon <1909> the sea <2281> and <2532> upon <1909> the earth <1093> lifted up <142>(5656) his <848> hand <5495> to <1519> heaven <3772>,
6. And <2532> sware <3660>(5656) by <1722> him that liveth <2198>(5723) for <1519> ever <165> and ever <165>, who created <2936>(5656) heaven <3772>, and <2532> the things that therein are <1722> <846>, and <2532> the earth <1093>, and <2532> the things that therein are <1722> <846>, and <2532> the sea <2281>, and <2532> the things which are therein <1722> <846>, that <3754> there should be <2071>(5704) time <5550> no <3756> longer <2089>:
7. But <235> in <1722> the days <2250> of the voice <5456> of the seventh <1442> angel <32>, when <3752> he shall begin <3195>(5725) to sound <4537>(5721), <2532> the mystery <3466> of God <2316> should be finished <5055>(5686), as <5613> he hath declared <2097>(5656) to his <1438> servants <1401> the prophets <4396>.
8. And <2532> the voice <5456> which <3739> I heard <191>(5656) from <1537> heaven <3772> spake <2980>(5723) unto <3326> me <1700> again <3825>, and <2532> said <3004>(5723), Go <5217>(5720) and take <2983>(5628) the little book <974> which <3588> is open <455>(5772) in <1722> the hand <5495> of the angel <32> which <3588> standeth <2476>(5761) upon <1909> the sea <2281> and <2532> upon <1909> the earth <1093>.
9. And <2532> I went <565>(5627) unto <4314> the angel <32>, and said <3004>(5723) unto him <846>, Give <1325>(5628) me <3427> the little book <974>. And <2532> he said <3004>(5719) unto me <3427>, Take <2983>(5628) it, and <2532> eat <2719> <0> it <846> up <2719>(5628); and it <2532> shall make <4087> <0> thy <4675> belly <2836> bitter <4087>(5692), but <235> it shall be <2071>(5704) in <1722> thy <4675> mouth <4750> sweet <1099> as <5613> honey <3192>.
10. And <2532> I took <2983>(5627) the little book <974> out of <1537> the angel's <32> hand <5495>, and <2532> ate <2719> <0> it <846> up <2719>(5627); and <2532> it was <2258>(5713) in <1722> my <3450> mouth <4750> sweet <1099> as <5613> honey <3192>: and <2532> as soon as <3753> I had eaten <5315>(5627) it <846>, my <3450> belly <2836> was bitter <4087>(5681).
11. And <2532> he said <3004>(5719) unto me <3427>, Thou <4571> must <1163>(5748) prophesy <4395>(5658) again <3825> before <1909> many <4183> peoples <2992>, and <2532> nations <1484>, and <2532> tongues <1100>, and <2532> kings <935>.
1. And <2532> there was given <1325>(5681) me <3427> a reed <2563> like <3664> unto a rod <4464>: and <2532> the angel <32> stood <2476>(5715), saying <3004>(5723), Rise <1453>(5669), and <2532> measure <3354>(5657) the temple <3485> of God <2316>, and <2532> the altar <2379>, and <2532> them that worship <4352>(5723) therein <1722> <846>.
2. But <2532> the court <833> which <3588> is without <1855> <2081> the temple <3485> leave <1544>(5628) out <1854>, and <2532> measure <3354>(5661) it <846> not <3361>; for <3754> it is given <1325>(5681) unto the Gentiles <1484>: and <2532> the holy <40> city <4172> shall they tread under foot <3961>(5692) forty <5062> and two <1417> months <3376>.
3. And <2532> I will give <1325>(5692) power unto my <3450> two <1417> witnesses <3144>, and <2532> they shall prophesy <4395>(5692) a thousand <5507> two hundred <1250> and threescore <1835> days <2250>, clothed in <4016>(5772) sackcloth <4526>.
4. These <3778> are <1526>(5748) the two <1417> olive <1636> trees, and <2532> the two <1417> candlesticks <3087> standing <2476>(5761) before <1799> the God <2316> of the earth <1093>.
5. And <2532> if any man <1536> will <2309>(5725) hurt <91>(5658) them <846>, fire <4442> proceedeth <1607>(5736) out of <1537> their <846> mouth <4750>, and <2532> devoureth <2719>(5719) their <846> enemies <2190>: and <2532> if any man <1536> will <2309>(5725) hurt <91>(5658) them <846>, he must <1163>(5748) in this manner <3779> be killed <615>(5683).
6. These <3778> have <2192>(5719) power <1849> to shut <2808>(5658) heaven <3772>, that <3363> <0> it rain <1026>(5725) <5205> not <3363> in <1722> the days <2250> of their <846> prophecy <4394>: and <2532> have <2192>(5719) power <1849> over <1909> waters <5204> to turn <4762>(5721) them <846> to <1519> blood <129>, and <2532> to smite <3960>(5658) the earth <1093> with all <3956> plagues <4127>, as often <3740> as <1437> they will <2309>(5661).
7. And <2532> when <3752> they shall have finished <5055>(5661) their <848> testimony <3141>, the beast <2342> that ascendeth <305>(5723) out of <1537> the bottomless pit <12> shall make <4160>(5692) war <4171> against <3326> them <846>, and <2532> shall overcome <3528>(5692) them <846>, and <2532> kill <615>(5692) them <846>.
8. And <2532> their <846> dead bodies <4430> shall lie in <1909> the street <4113> of the great <3173> city <4172>, which <3748> spiritually <4153> is called <2564>(5743) Sodom <4670> and <2532> Egypt <125>, where <3699> also <2532> our <2257> Lord <2962> was crucified <4717>(5681).
9. And <2532> they <991> <0> of <1537> the people <2992> and <2532> kindreds <5443> and <2532> tongues <1100> and <2532> nations <1484> shall see <991>(5692) their <846> dead bodies <4430> three <5140> days <2250> and <2532> an half <2255>, and <2532> shall <863> <0> not <3756> suffer <863>(5692) their <846> dead bodies <4430> to be put <5087>(5683) in <1519> graves <3418>.
10. And <2532> they that dwell <2730>(5723) upon <1909> the earth <1093> shall rejoice <5463>(5692) over <1909> them <846>, and <2532> make merry <2165>(5701), and <2532> shall send <3992>(5692) gifts <1435> one to another <240>; because <3754> these <3778> two <1417> prophets <4396> tormented <928>(5656) them that dwelt <2730>(5723) on <1909> the earth <1093>.
11. And <2532> after <3326> three <5140> days <2250> and <2532> an half <2255> the Spirit <4151> of life <2222> from <1537> God <2316> entered <1525>(5627) into <1909> them <846>, and <2532> they stood <2476>(5627) upon <1909> their <848> feet <4228>; and <2532> great <3173> fear <5401> fell <4098>(5627) upon <1909> them which saw <2334>(5723) them <846>.
12. And <2532> they heard <191>(5656) a great <3173> voice <5456> from <1537> heaven <3772> saying <3004>(5723) unto them <846>, Come up <305>(5628) hither <5602>. And <2532> they ascended up <305>(5627) to <1519> heaven <3772> in <1722> a cloud <3507>; and <2532> their <846> enemies <2190> beheld <2334>(5656) them <846>.
13. And <2532> the same <1722> <1565> hour <5610> was there <1096>(5633) a great <3173> earthquake <4578>, and <2532> the tenth part <1182> of the city <4172> fell <4098>(5627), and <2532> in <1722> the earthquake <4578> were slain <615>(5681) <3686> of men <444> seven <2033> thousand <5505>: and <2532> the remnant <3062> were <1096>(5633) affrighted <1719>, and <2532> gave <1325>(5656) glory <1391> to the God <2316> of heaven <3772>.
14. The second <1208> woe <3759> is past <565>(5627); and, behold <2400>(5628), the third <5154> woe <3759> cometh <2064>(5736) quickly <5035>.
15. And <2532> the seventh <1442> angel <32> sounded <4537>(5656); and <2532> there were <1096>(5633) great <3173> voices <5456> in <1722> heaven <3772>, saying <3004>(5723), The kingdoms <932> of this world <2889> are become <1096>(5633) the kingdoms of our <2257> Lord <2962>, and <2532> of his <846> Christ <5547>; and <2532> he shall reign <936>(5692) for <1519> ever <165> and ever <165>.
16. And <2532> the four <5064> and <2532> twenty <1501> elders <4245>, which <3588> sat <2521>(5740) before <1799> God <2316> on <1909> their <848> seats <2362>, fell <4098>(5627) upon <1909> their <848> faces <4383>, and <2532> worshipped <4352>(5656) God <2316>,
17. Saying <3004>(5723), We give <2168> <0> thee <4671> thanks <2168>(5719), O Lord <2962> God <2316> Almighty <3841>, which <3588> art <3801>, and <2532> wast <2258>(5713)(5625) <3801>, and <2532> art to come <2064>(5740)(5625) <3801>; because <3754> thou hast taken to thee <2983>(5758) thy <4675> great <3173> power <1411>, and <2532> hast reigned <936>(5656).
18. And <2532> the nations <1484> were angry <3710>(5681), and <2532> thy <4675> wrath <3709> is come <2064>(5627), and <2532> the time <2540> of the dead <3498>, that they should be judged <2919>(5683), and <2532> that thou shouldest give <1325>(5629) reward <3408> unto thy <4675> servants <1401> the prophets <4396>, and <2532> to the saints <40>, and <2532> them that fear <5399>(5740) thy <4675> name <3686>, small <3398> and <2532> great <3173>; and <2532> shouldest destroy <1311>(5658) them which destroy <1311>(5723) the earth <1093>.
19. And <2532> the temple <3485> of God <2316> was opened <455>(5648) in <1722> heaven <3772>, and <2532> there was seen <3700>(5681) in <1722> his <846> temple <3485> the ark <2787> of his <846> testament <1242>: and <2532> there were <1096>(5633) lightnings <796>, and <2532> voices <5456>, and <2532> thunderings <1027>, and <2532> an earthquake <4578>, and <2532> great <3173> hail <5464>.