Revelation 18:20

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Summary

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

General references

2 Thessalonians 1:6

Bible References

And ye

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):

And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers

to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

But you, dear friends, remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "{How long}, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?"

because his judgments [are] true and righteous, because he has passed judgment on the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his slaves {shed by} her hand!"

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain, and captives from the heads of the leaders of [the] enemy.'

the God who executed vengeance for me, and subdued peoples under me,

O Yahweh, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth.

For look! Yahweh [is] about to come out from his place to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him, and the earth will disclose her blood and will no longer cover her slain.

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

And will not God surely {see to it that justice is done} to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night, and will he delay toward them?

General references

So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet [after] Athaliah had been killed with the sword.

For you, O Yahweh, have made me glad by your work; by the deeds of your hands I sing for joy.

And it shall happen on the day Yahweh gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and hard labor which {you had to perform},

For {Yahweh has a day of vengeance}, a year of retribution for the strife of Zion.

for [the] day of vengeance [was] in my heart, and the year of my blood-vengeance has come!

And I will repay Babylon, and all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their wickedness that they have done in Zion before your eyes," {declares} Yahweh.

since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,