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Revelation 20:9

7 When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.

And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

10 And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

11 Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

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BSB
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
KJV
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
WEB
They went up over the width of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God and devoured them.
ASV
And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.
DARBY
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city: and fire came down [from God] out of the heaven and devoured them.
BLB
And they went up over the breadth of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the city having been beloved. But fire came down out of heaven and devoured them.
ÅB
Og de dro opp over den vide jord og kringsatte de helliges leir og den elskede stad. Og ild falt ned fra himmelen og fortærte dem.
OTB
De marsjerte over den brede sletten på jorden og omringet leiren til Guds folk og den elskede byen. Men ild falt ned fra himmelen og fortærte dem.
B1930
Og de drog op over den vide jord og kringsatte de helliges leir og den elskede stad. Og ild falt ned fra himmelen og fortærte dem.

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  • Ezekiel 38:16

    You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

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  • Ezekiel 39:6

    I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 38:9

    You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

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  • Ezekiel 38:22

    I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

    in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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  • Psalms 125:1–2

    Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

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  • Psalms 97:3

    Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.

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  • Psalms 106:18

    Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

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