And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? Treasury of Scripture they cried. Genesis 4:10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground. Psalm 9:12 When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble. Luke 18:7,8 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them... Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things that that of Abel. How. Psalm 13:1 How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you hide your face from me? Psalm 35:17 Lord, how long will you look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. Psalm 74:9,10 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows how long... Psalm 94:3,4 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph... Daniel 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint which spoke... Daniel 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was on the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? Zechariah 1:12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah... holy. See on ch. Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things said he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David... Revelation 15:3,4 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works... dost. Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged... Revelation 16:5-7 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus... Revelation 18:20,24 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her... Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication... Deuteronomy 32:36-43 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he sees that their power is gone... Judges 16:28 And Samson called to the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you... 1 Samuel 24:12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be on you. Psalm 58:10,11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked... Isaiah 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; Isaiah 63:1-6 Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel... Luke 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay... 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you... avenge. This seal seems a prediction of the terrible persecution of the church under Dioclesian and Maximian, from A.D. 270 to 304, which lasted longer, and was far more bloody, than any or all by which it was preceded, whence it was called 'the aera of the martyrs.'
Context The Fifth Seal: Martyrs
9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given to every one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brothers, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (holy and true) dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Darby Bible Translation
and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?
King James Bible
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Young's Literal Translation
and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'
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