Revelation 16:9

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Summary

And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Blasphemed

And they

General references

Exodus 9:2

Jeremiah 25:16

Bible References

Blasphemed

The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed on their tongues in anguish

While he was still talking with them, the messenger arrived to see him and delivered the king's message to Elisha, "Look! This evil has come from the LORD! Why should I wait for the LORD anymore?"

In the midst of his troubles, King Ahaz became more and more unfaithful to the LORD.

"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.

"They'll pass through the land, while greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they'll become enraged, and they'll curse their king and their god. They'll turn their faces upwards,

LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.

The bellows blow fiercely to consume the lead with the fire. The assayer keeps on refining, but the impurities aren't separated out.

There is wickedness in your obscene conduct. Even though I've cleansed you, you uncleanness cannot be washed away. You cannot be cleansed again until my rage against you has subsided.'

And they

and cursed the God of heaven because of their pain-filled sores. But they did not repent of their behavior.

I gave her time to repent, but she refused to repent of her immorality.

The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

"But you, Belshazzar, his grandson, haven't humbled yourself, even though you knew all of this.

Absolutely not, I tell you! But if you don't repent, then you, too, will all die.

I am afraid that when I come my God may again humble me before you and that I may have to grieve over many who formerly lived in sin and have not repented of their impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity that they once practiced.

General references

But if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,

They'll drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I'm sending among them."