Revelation 7:3

7:3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants ¹  of our God.”

Isaiah 3:9

3:9 The look on their faces ²  testifies to their guilt; ³ 

like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. ⁴ 

Too bad for them! ⁵ 

For they bring disaster on themselves.

Philippians 3:19

3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ⁶ 

¹ tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

² sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.

³ tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”

⁴ tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”

⁵ tn Heb “woe to their soul.”

⁶ tn Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”