Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
Parallel translations
- WEB They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
- KJV Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
- NKJV And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
- NASB and they did not repent of their murders, nor of their witchcraft, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.
- NLT And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
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Quick answer
Nor do they repent of their murders, sorceries, immorality, and thefts. The hardness of the unrepentant extends to moral as well as religious sin.
Overview
The list of sins recalls the second table of the law and exposes a society in open rebellion against God's commands. "Sorceries" (Greek pharmakeia) links occult practice with idolatry. Despite catastrophic warning, there is no turning from sin, confirming the deep grip of human depravity. The verse heightens the wonder of the gospel, which alone breaks sin's power and grants repentance unto life (Acts 5:31).
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- 2 Cor 12:21I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.
- Rev 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
- Rev 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Rev 17:2The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
- Rev 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
- Isa 47:9These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Rev 18:23–24The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
- Rev 14:8Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Isa 57:3“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
- Rev 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
- Isa 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
- Gal 5:20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- Mal 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Rev 11:7–9When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.
- Rev 13:15The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
- Matt 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- Rev 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
- Dan 7:21–25As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them,
- Dan 11:33Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
- Rev 13:7Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
- Rev 13:13And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
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