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Revelation 16:9

Revelation 16:9

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scorched: or, burned

blasphemed: Revelation 16:10-11, Revelation 16:21; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 8:21; Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 6:29-30; Ezekiel 24:13

and they: Revelation 16:11, Revelation 2:21, Revelation 9:20; Daniel 5:22-23; Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5; 2 Corinthians 12:21

to give: Revelation 11:13, Revelation 14:7; Joshua 7:19; Jeremiah 13:6; Amos 4:6-12

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