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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Builders of the Wall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.3.2"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.3.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their Lord </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">the governor</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.3.5"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.3.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The Jeshanah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Old</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NEH.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah&#8212;Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth&#8212;places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NEH.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section; and Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Adjoining this, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs next to him. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NEH.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.3.12"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.3.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. They also repaired a thousand cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 1,500 feet or about 450 meters</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.3.13"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.3.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Rekab, ruler of the district of Beth Hakkerem. He rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.3.14"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.3.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shelah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fqa">Shiloah, </span><span class="ft">that is, Siloam</span></span></span><span class="content"> by the King&#8217;s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint, some Vulgate manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">tomb</span></span></span><span class="content"> of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.3.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Next to him, the repairs were made by the Levites under Rehum son of Bani. Beside him, Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Next to him, the repairs were made by their fellow Levites under Binnui</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 24); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Bavvai</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section, from a point facing the ascent to the armory as far as the angle of the wall. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the entrance of Eliashib&#8217;s house to the end of it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.3.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NEH.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The repairs next to him were made by the priests from the surrounding region. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house; and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NEH.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Next to him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from Azariah&#8217;s house to the angle and the corner, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NEH.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NEH.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Next to them, the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.3.27"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NEH.3.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NEH.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NEH.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shekaniah, the guard at the East Gate, made repairs. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NEH.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berekiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NEH.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Next to him, Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the room above the corner; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NEH.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Opposition to the Rebuilding</span></div><div class="p"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:33-38, and 4:7-23 is numbered 4:1-17.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NEH.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, &#8220;What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble&#8212;burned as they are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NEH.4.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, &#8220;What they are building&#8212;even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.4.3"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NEH.4.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NEH.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">have aroused your anger before</span></span></span><span class="content"> the builders.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.4.5"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NEH.4.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NEH.4.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NEH.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem&#8217;s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NEH.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and stir up trouble against it. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NEH.4.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, &#8220;The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.4.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NEH.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Also our enemies said, &#8220;Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NEH.4.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, &#8220;Wherever you turn, they will attack us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NEH.4.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NEH.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NEH.4.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NEH.4.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NEH.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all the people of Judah </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NEH.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NEH.4.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NEH.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, &#8220;The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NEH.4.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NEH.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So we continued the work with half the men holding spears, from the first light of dawn till the stars came out. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NEH.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">At that time I also said to the people, &#8220;Have every man and his helper stay inside Jerusalem at night, so they can serve us as guards by night and as workers by day.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NEH.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">4:23 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch147" data-usfm="PSA.147.12+PSA.147.13+PSA.147.14+PSA.147.15+PSA.147.16+PSA.147.17+PSA.147.18+PSA.147.19+PSA.147.20">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"><span class="content">praise your God, Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.147.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He strengthens the bars of your gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"><span class="content">and blesses your people within you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.147.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He grants peace to your borders</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"><span class="content">and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.147.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He sends his command to the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"><span class="content">his word runs swiftly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.147.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He spreads the snow like wool</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"><span class="content">and scatters the frost like ashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.147.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He hurls down his hail like pebbles.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"><span class="content">Who can withstand his icy blast?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.147.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He sends his word and melts them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"><span class="content">he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.147.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has revealed his word to Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"><span class="content">his laws and decrees to Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.147.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He has done this for no other nation;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">they do not know his laws.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">147:20 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">nation; / he has not made his laws known to them</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.147.20"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Babylon, the Prostitute on the Beast</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, &#8220;Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With her the kings of the earth committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.17.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The name written on her forehead was a mystery:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.17.5"><span class="content">babylon the great</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.17.5"><span class="content">the mother of prostitutes</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.17.5"><span class="content">and of the abominations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.17.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God&#8217;s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.17.6"><span class="content">When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the angel said to me: &#8220;Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.17.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.17.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings&#8212;and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.17.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the angel said to me, &#8220;The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.17.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God&#8217;s words are fulfilled. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.17.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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