Isaiah 1:21
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Zion Corrupted; Will Be Redeemed
21 How the faithful city has become a (A)prostitute,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
But now murderers.
Jeremiah 2:20
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20 “For long ago [a](A)I broke your yoke
And tore off your restraints;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every (B)high hill
And under every leafy tree
You have lain down as a prostitute.
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- Jeremiah 2:20 Or you
Nahum 3:4
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4 All because of the (A)many sexual acts of the prostitute,
The charming one, the (B)mistress of sorceries,
Who (C)sells nations by her sexual acts,
And families by her sorceries.
Revelation 17:5
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5 and on her forehead a name was written, [a]a (A)mystery: “(B)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF (C)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
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- Revelation 17:5 Or “MYSTERY...”
Revelation 17:15-18
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15 And he *said to me, “The (A)waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are (B)peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages. 16 And the (C)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her (D)desolate and (E)naked, and will (F)eat her flesh and will (G)burn her up with fire. 17 For (H)God has put it in their hearts to execute His [a]purpose [b]by (I)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the (J)words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The woman whom you saw is (K)the great city, which [c]reigns over the kings of the earth.”
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- Revelation 17:17 Or mind
- Revelation 17:17 Lit even to do one mind and to give
- Revelation 17:18 Lit has a kingdom
Revelation 19:2
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2 (A)because His (B)judgments are (C)true and righteous; for He has judged the (D)great prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and He has (E)avenged the blood of His bond-servants [a]on her.”
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- Revelation 19:2 Lit from her hand
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