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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa&#8212;the vision he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Joash, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoash</span></span></span><span class="content"> was king of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> roars from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and thunders from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">the pastures of the shepherds dry up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">and the top of Carmel withers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel&#8217;s Neighbors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Damascus,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">Because she threshed Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">with sledges having iron teeth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the house of Hazael</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will break down the gate of Damascus;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">I will destroy the king who is in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the inhabitants of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Valley of Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="fq">Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">wickedness.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Gaza,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">Because she took captive whole communities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">and sold them to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Gaza</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will destroy the king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">inhabitants</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Ashdod</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">I will turn my hand against Ekron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">till the last of the Philistines are dead,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">says the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Tyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will send fire on the walls of Tyre</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">Because he pursued his brother with a sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and slaughtered the women of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">because his anger raged continually</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">and his fury flamed unchecked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Teman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Ammon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">in order to extend his borders,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">that will consume her fortresses</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid war cries on the day of battle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">amid violent winds on a stormy day.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Her king</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ Molek</span></span></span><span class="content"> will go into exile,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">he and his officials together,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.1.15"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">Because he burned to ashes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">the bones of Edom&#8217;s king,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="AMO.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of her cities</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">Moab will go down in great tumult</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="AMO.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will destroy her ruler</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">and kill all her officials with him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="AMO.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">Because they have rejected the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">and have not kept his decrees,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">because they have been led astray by false gods,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">by lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">the gods</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">lies</span></span></span><span class="content"> their ancestors followed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="AMO.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will send fire on Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="content">that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="AMO.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">&#8220;For three sins of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">even for four, I will not relent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">They sell the innocent for silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">and the needy for a pair of sandals.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="AMO.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They trample on the heads of the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">as on the dust of the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">and deny justice to the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">Father and son use the same girl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">and so profane my holy name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="AMO.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They lie down beside every altar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">on garments taken in pledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">In the house of their god</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">they drink wine taken as fines.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="AMO.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">though they were tall as the cedars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">and strong as the oaks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">I destroyed their fruit above</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">and their roots below.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="AMO.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I brought you up out of Egypt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">and led you forty years in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">to give you the land of the Amorites.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="AMO.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I also raised up prophets from among your children</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">and Nazirites from among your youths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">Is this not true, people of Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="AMO.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you made the Nazirites drink wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="content">and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="AMO.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, I will crush you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="content">as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="AMO.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The swift will not escape,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">the strong will not muster their strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">and the warrior will not save his life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="AMO.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The archer will not stand his ground,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">and the horseman will not save his life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="AMO.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Even the bravest warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="content">will flee naked on that day,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="AMO.2.16"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Thousand Years</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">God; I also saw those who</span></span></span><span class="content"> had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Judgment of Satan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth&#8212;Gog and Magog&#8212;and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God&#8217;s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Judgment of the Dead</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A New Heaven and a New Earth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I saw &#8220;a new heaven and a new earth,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:1 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.65.17">Isaiah 65:17</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, &#8220;Look! God&#8217;s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8216;He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:4 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" data-usfm="ISA.25.8">Isaiah 25:8</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.21.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He who was seated on the throne said, &#8220;I am making everything new!&#8221; Then he said, &#8220;Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.21.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said to me: &#8220;It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars&#8212;they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.21.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, &#8220;Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.21.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers</span></span></span><span class="content"> in length, and as wide and high as it is long. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:17 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 200 feet or about 65 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> thick.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">high</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:20 </span><span class="ft">The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.21.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="REV.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="REV.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="REV.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb&#8217;s book of life.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Eden Restored</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John and the Angel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The angel said to me, &#8220;These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But he said to me, &#8220;Don&#8217;t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then he told me, &#8220;Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Epilogue: Invitation and Warning</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">22:16 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">The Greek is plural.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The Spirit and the bride say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; And let the one who hears say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He who testifies to these things says, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, I am coming soon.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.22.20"><span class="content">Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God&#8217;s people. Amen.</span></span></div>
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