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

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain.

He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?"

During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.

The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you.

And they

They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.

I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.

The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood -- idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.

"But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

General references

For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,

When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them."