Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
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I saw an Angel descending out of Heaven. He carried the key to the Abyss and a chain - a huge chain.
2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Hasatan, and bound him for one thousand years,
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He grabbed the Dragon, that old Snake - the very Devil, Satan himself! - chained him up for a thousand years,
3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
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dumped him into the Abyss, slammed it shut and sealed it tight. No more trouble out of him, deceiving the nations - until the thousand years are up. After that he has to be let loose briefly.
4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Yeshua, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Messiah one thousand years.
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I saw thrones. Those put in charge of judgment sat on the thrones. I also saw the souls of those beheaded because of their witness to Jesus and the Word of God, who refused to worship either the Beast or his image, refused to take his mark on forehead or hand - they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years!
5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were up. This is the first resurrection -
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be Kohanim of God and of Messiah, and will reign with him one thousand years.
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and those involved most blessed, most holy. No second death for them! They're priests of God and Christ; they'll reign with him a thousand years.
7 And after the thousand years, Hasatan will be freed out of his prison,
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When the thousand years are up, Satan will be let loose from his cell,
8 and will come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the eretz, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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and will launch again his old work of deceiving the nations, searching out victims in every nook and cranny of earth, even Gog and Magog! He'll talk them into going to war and will gather a huge army, millions strong.
9 They went up over the breadth of the eretz, and surrounded the camp of the holy ones, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.
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They'll stream across the earth, surround and lay siege to the camp of God's holy people, the Beloved City. They'll no sooner get there than fire will pour out of Heaven and burn them up.
10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where are also the beast and the false prophet. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
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The Devil who deceived them will be hurled into Lake Fire and Brimstone, joining the Beast and False Prophet, the three in torment around the clock for ages without end.
11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the eretz and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
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I saw a Great White Throne and the One Enthroned. Nothing could stand before or against the Presence, nothing in Heaven, nothing on earth.
12 I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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And then I saw all the dead, great and small, standing there - before the Throne! And books were opened. Then another book was opened: the Book of Life. The dead were judged by what was written in the books, by the way they had lived.
13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and She'ol gave up the dead who were in them. They were judged, each one according to his works.
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Sea released its dead, Death and Hell turned in their dead. Each man and woman was judged by the way he or she had lived.
14 Death and She'ol were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
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Then Death and Hell were hurled into Lake Fire. This is the second death - Lake Fire.
15 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
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Anyone whose name was not found inscribed in the Book of Life was hurled into Lake Fire.
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