Revelation 18:20

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Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

And ye

Jude 1:17

God

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And ye

Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God

And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?

For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.

I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

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So all the people of the land were glad and the town was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death with the sword

And it will be, in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard yoke which they had put on you,

For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

For the day of punishment is in my heart, and the year for the payment of the price for my people has come.

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.

For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,