Revelation 17:6

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Summary

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

The martyrs

I wondered

Habakkuk 1:13

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Bible References

The martyrs

I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan: and thou holdest my name, and hast not denied my faith, and in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness, who was slain with you, where Satan dwells.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of the slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had:

And they conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their souls till death.

And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself was standing by, and assenting to his murder, and watching the garments of them murdering him.

I wondered

Being pure of eyes from beholding evil, and wilt not be able to look upon labor: wherefore wilt thou look upon the transgressors? wilt thou be silent in the unjust swallowing the just above him?

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A fountain trampled down, and a fountain corrupted, the just one turned aside before the unjust one.

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries in which thou didst labor from thy youth; perhaps thou wilt be able to be of use, perhaps thou wilt cause fear.

I was seeing, and this horn made an encounter with the holy ones, and prevailed against them;

Ye have not yet resisted until blood, fighting against sin.