Revelation 16:11

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Summary

Revelation 16:11

And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

The god

And repented not

Revelation 16:9

2 Timothy 3:13

General references

Jeremiah 25:16

Bible References

The god

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you of His people may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him.

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

This is the reply they gave us:

We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

so that they can offer sacrifices of pleasing aroma to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven:

Greetings.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Then the king asked me, “What is your request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven

Give thanks to the God of heaven!
His love is eternal.

urging them to ask the God of heaven for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

He answered them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

And repented not

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

General references

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had told Moses.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

You will be driven mad by what you see.

Though you grind a fool
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.

They will drink, stagger, and go out of their minds because of the sword I am sending among them.”