Revelation 2 Cross References - Leeser

¹³ In ‘Eden the garden of God didst thou abide; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; thy tabrets and thy flutes of artificial workmanship were prepared in thee on the day thou wast created. ¹⁴ Thou wast a cherub with outspread covering wings; and I had set thee upon the holy mountain of God as thou wast; in the midst of the stones of fire didst thou wander.

⁶ For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.

⁷ Be silent before the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who practices wicked devices.

^{7 (69:8)} Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, hath confusion covered my face.

⁹ The indignation of the Lord will I bear, because I have sinned against him; until that he plead my cause, and execute justice for me: when he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

² Go and call out before the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I remember unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, thy going after me in the wilderness, through a land that is not sown. ³ A holy thing is Israel unto the Lord, the first of his fruits: all that devour him shall incur guilt; evil shall come over them, saith the Lord. ⁴ Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all ye families of the house of Israel. ⁵ Thus hath said the Lord, What fault did your fathers find in me, that they went away far from me, and walked after vanity, and became vain?

²⁶ And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning; after that shalt thou be called, The city of righteousness, the town that is faithful.

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven, O morning-star, son of the dawn! how art thou hewn down to the ground, crusher of nations!

² Go and call out before the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I remember unto thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thy espousals, thy going after me in the wilderness, through a land that is not sown. ³ A holy thing is Israel unto the Lord, the first of his fruits: all that devour him shall incur guilt; evil shall come over them, saith the Lord.

⁶¹ And thou shalt then remember thy ways, and be confounded, when thou receivest thy sisters, both those that are older than thou and younger than thou: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, though not because thou wast faithful to the covenant. ⁶² And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: ⁶³ In order that thou mayest remember, and feel ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Eternal.

⁴³ And ye shall remember there your ways, and all your doings, whereby ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves, because of all your evil deeds that ye have committed.

³¹ Then shall ye remember your ways that they were evil, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves on account of your iniquities and on account of your abominations.

¹⁰ Like grapes in the wilderness had I found Israel; as the first ripe fruit on the fig-tree in the first of the season had I seen your fathers; but they too went to Ba’al-pe’or: and devoted themselves unto that shameful idol, and became abominations as those they loved.

^{1 (14:2)} Return, O Israel, even unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast stumbled through thy iniquity.

⁴ And then shall be pleasant unto the Lord the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

^{6 (3:24)} And he shall turn back the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

² And there came out to meet him Jehu the son of Chanani the seer, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldst thou help the wicked, and love those that hate the Lord? and because of this there is wrath over thee from before the Lord.

⁵ I have hated the assemblage of evil-doers; and with the wicked will I not sit.

³ I will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure from righteousness do I hate; it shall not cleave to me.

²¹ Behold, those that hate thee I ever hate, O Lord; and for those that rise up against thee do I feel loathing. ²² With the utmost hatred do I hate them: enemies are they become unto me.

⁹ And the Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

²² And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever— ²³ Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴ So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flaming sword which revolveth, to guard the way to the tree of life.

¹⁸ A tree of life is she to those that lay hold on her: and every one that firmly graspeth her will be made happy.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is of the tree of life, and the wise draweth souls to himself.

¹² Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled.

⁴ A healing word of the tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach to the spirit.

¹³ In ‘Eden the garden of God didst thou abide; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the chrysolite, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold; thy tabrets and thy flutes of artificial workmanship were prepared in thee on the day thou wast created.

⁸ The cedars could not obscure it in the garden of God; the firs were not like its boughs, and the chestnut-trees were not like its branches: not any tree in the garden of God was like unto it in its beauty.

¹² Prove, I beseech thee, thy servants, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink;

¹⁴ And he hearkened unto them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

¹⁶ Then answered Shadrach, Meshach, and ‘Abed-nego, and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee a word in this matter. ¹⁷ Behold, there is our God whom we worship, he is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace: and out of thy hand, O king, will he deliver us. ¹⁸ But if not, then be it known unto thee, O king, that thy god will we not worship, and to the golden image which; thou hast set up will we not bow ourselves.

³ For there is yet a vision for the appointed time, and it speaketh of the end, and it will not deceive: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not be delayed.

⁴ But he shall judge with righteousness the poor, and decide with equity for the suffering ones of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

¹⁴ And now, behold, I am going unto my people: come, I will advise thee against what this people will do to thy people in the end of days.

¹ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit incest with the daughters of Moab. ² And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed themselves down to their gods. ³ And Israel joined themselves unto Baal-peor; and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

⁸ And the kings of Midian they slew, besides the rest of their men that were slain; namely, Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and Chur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Bil’am the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

¹⁶ Behold, these chiefly were the cause unto the children of Israel, through the counsel of Bil’am, to commit the gross trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor; through which there was the plague among the congregation of the Lord.

⁹ Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel; and he sent and called Bil’am the son of Beor to curse you;

¹⁴ And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, clear out the way, lift up every stumbling block out of the way of my people.

²¹ Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will place before this people stumbling-blocks, and thereon shall stumble the fathers and the sons together, the neighbor and his friend, and they shall perish.

²⁰ Again, When a righteous man do turn from his righteousness, and do what is wrong: then will I lay a stumbling-block before him, so that he shall die; yet if thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his acts of righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require from thy hand.

¹² Because that they used to serve them before their idols, and have been unto the house of Israel as a stumbling-block of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Eternal, and they shall bear their iniquity;

² And he hath rendered my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hidden me: and he hath rendered me as a polished arrow; in his quiver hath he concealed me;

¹⁴ The secret counsel of the Lord is for those that fear him, and his covenant—to make it known to them.

^{8 (36:9)} These will be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and of the stream of thy delights wilt thou give them to drink.

³² For the froward is an abomination to the Lord; but with the upright is his good-will.

¹⁰ The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy can no stranger intermeddle.

⁴ For thus hath said the Lord concerning the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and make choice of what pleaseth me, and take hold of my covenant.

² And nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and men shall call thee by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall pronounce.

¹³ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be made ashamed;

¹⁵ And ye shall leave behind your name for an oath unto my elect ones, when the Lord Eternal will slay thee; but his servants will he call by another name.

⁷ I will announce the decree, the Lord hath said unto me, “My son art thou: I have indeed this day begotten thee.

⁹ Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.

^{14 (92:15)} They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage;

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.

¹⁵ Make thou then no covenant with the inhabitants of the land; lest that, if they go astray after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, any one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

¹ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit incest with the daughters of Moab. ² And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed themselves down to their gods.

³¹ And it came to pass, as if it had been too light a thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, that he took for wife Izebel the daughter of Ethba’al the king of the Zidonians, and went and served Ba’al, and worshipped him.

⁴ And it shall be, that out of the brook shalt thou drink; and the ravens have I ordained to sustain thee there.

¹³ And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake at first, and bring it out unto me, and for thee and for thy son shalt thou prepare something afterward.

¹ And Achab told Izebel all that Elijah had done, and withal that he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ² Then sent Izebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So may the gods do to me, and may they thus continue, if about this time tomorrow I do not render thy life as the life of any one of them.

⁷ Then said unto him Izebel his wife, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will myself give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre’elite. ⁸ So she wrote letters in Achab’s name, and sealed them with his seal; and she sent the letters unto the elders and unto the nobles who were in his city, and who dwelt near Naboth. ⁹ And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; ¹⁰ And seat two men, worthless fellows, opposite to him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast blasphemed God and the king; and then lead him forth, and stone him, that he may die. ¹¹ And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles, those who dwelt in his city, did as Izebel had sent unto them, as was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. ¹² They proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ And there came in two men, worthless fellows, and seated themselves opposite to him; and these worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Then they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴ And they sent to Izebel, saying, Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Izebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, that Izebel said to Achab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre’elite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

²³ And also concerning Izebel hath the Lord spoken, saying, The dogs shall eat Izebel in the valley of Yizre’el. ²⁴ Him that dieth of Achab in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat. ²⁵ But indeed there was none like unto Achab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to which Izebel his wife incited him.

⁷ And thou shalt smite the house of Achab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Izebel.

³⁰ And Jehu came to Yizre’el; and when Izebel heard of it, she painted her eyes, and ornamented her head, and looked out at the window. ³¹ And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, O Zimri, who hath slain his master? ³² And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three chamberlains. ³³ And he said, Pitch her down. So they pitched her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and he trod her under foot. ³⁴ And he came in, and ate and drank; and then said he, Look, I pray you, after this accursed one, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter. ³⁵ And they went to bury her: but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands. ³⁶ And they returned, and told him; and he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the field of Yizre’el shall the dogs eat the flesh of Izebel: ³⁷ And the carcass of Izebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Yizre’el; so that they shall not say, This is Izebel.

⁴ And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord, Shall they fall, and not arise? will he turn away, and not return? ⁵ Why then remaineth this people, Jerusalem, rebellious by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast on deceit, they refuse to return. ⁶ I listened and heard, but they would not speak aright; no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned again to his course, as the impetuous horse in the battle.

³ Peradventure it be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them: in order that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

³⁷ Therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers, whom thou hast given pleasure, and all whom thou hast loved, together with all whom thou hast hated,—yea, I will gather them all round about thee, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. ³⁸ And I will judge thee, as adulteresses and women that shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of fury and jealousy. ³⁹ And I will also give thee up into their hand, and they shall pull down thy eminences, and shall break down thy elevations; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and they shall take thy elegant ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare. ⁴⁰ And they shall bring up against thee an assembly, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords; ⁴¹ And they shall burn thy houses with fire, and execute punishments on thee before the eyes of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from being a harlot, and also the wages of sin shalt thou not give any more.

³⁰ Therefore will I judge you, every one according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord Eternal: return ye, and cause others to return from all your transgressions, that iniquity may not become your stumbling-block. ³¹ Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? ³² For I have no pleasure in the death of him that deserveth to die, saith the Lord Eternal: therefore convert yourselves, and live.

²⁹ And they shall deal with thee in hate, and shall take away all things acquired by thy labor, and they shall leave thee naked and bare: and thus shall be uncovered the nakedness of thy lewdness, and thy incest and thy lewd deeds.

⁴⁵ Righteous men, however—these shall judge them as adulteresses are judged, and as women that shed blood are judged; because adulteresses are they, and blood is on their hands. ⁴⁶ For thus hath said the Lord Eternal, I will bring up against them an assemblage of men, and I will give them up to ill-usage and plunder. ⁴⁷ And the assemblage shall stone them with stones, and cut them down with their swords: their sons and their daughters shall they slay, and their houses shall they burn with fire. ⁴⁸ Thus will I cause incest to cease out of the land, that all women may be warned by example, and not do after your incestuous course.

¹¹ Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Eternal, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but in the return of the wicked from his way that he may live: return ye, return ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

⁷ I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt accept correction; so that her dwelling should not be cut off, all that I had decreed to bring over her; but they rose up early, they acted corruptly in all their doings.

^{11 (13:12)} And all Israel shall hear it, and they shall be afraid, and they shall not do any more such a wicked deed as this is in the midst of thee.

¹³ And all the people shall hear, and be afraid, and not act presumptuously any more.

²⁰ And those who remain shall hear, and be afraid, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil thing in the midst of thee.

²¹ And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die; and thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and be afraid.

⁷ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on;—for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

¹⁷ And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.

³⁰ Then do thou hear from heaven the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and give to every man in accordance with all his ways, as thou mayest know his heart; for thou, thyself alone, knowest the heart of the children of men;

^{9 (7:10)} Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.

² Try me, O Lord, and prove me; purify my reins and my heart.

^{21 (44:22)} Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

^{12 (62:13)} And unto thee, O Lord, belongeth kindness; for thou wilt recompense every man according to his works.

¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, that he hath done well; for the fruit of their doings shall they eat. ¹¹ Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.

²⁰ But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I entrusted my cause.

¹⁰ I the Lord search the heart, probe the reins: yea, to give unto every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

¹² But, O Lord of hosts, that probest the righteous, seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I laid open my cause.

¹¹ Wail, ye inhabitants of the mortar-street, for destroyed are all the trading people; cut off are all that were laden with silver.

⁸ Ask it of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the uttermost ends of the earth.

^{14 (49:15)} Like flocks are they thrust into the nether world; death will feed them; but the upright shall have dominion over them in that morning, and their form wasteth away in the nether world, taken away from their own dwelling.

¹⁸ But the saints of the Most High will obtain the kingdom, and possess the kingdom to eternity, even to all eternity for ever.

²² Until the Ancient of days came, and procured justice unto the saints of the Most High; and the time came and the saints took possession of the kingdom.

²⁷ And the kingdom and the dominion, and the power over the kingdoms under the whole heaven, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all governments are to worship and obey him.

⁸ Ask it of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the uttermost ends of the earth. ⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; like a potter’s vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.”

⁵ Let the pious be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their couches. ⁶ The exalted praises of God are in their mouth, and a two-edged sword is in their hand; ⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations, and chastisements on the people: ⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron: ⁹ To execute upon them the judgment which is written: this is an honor for all his pious servants. Hallelujah.

¹⁴ And he will break it, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, dashing it in pieces without sparing it; so that there cannot be found among its fragments a sherd to rake fire from a hearth and to draw water from a pit.

¹¹ And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, In this manner will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be restored again; and in Thopheth shall they bury, for want of room to bury.