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NASB | Revelation 2:20 'But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 2:20 'But I have this [charge] against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [claiming to be inspired], and she teaches and misleads My bond-servants so that they commit [acts of sexual] immorality and eat food sacrificed to idols. [1 Kin 16:31; 2 Kin 9:22, 30] |
Bible Question: Thank you for the answer, now could you explain to me a "jezebel spirit" ? |
Bible Answer: Dear Cate, Greetings in Jesus' name! According to the New Ungers Bible Dictionary: Jezebel was a woman in whom were united the sternest and fiercest qualities inherent in the Phoenician people. The wild license of her life and the magical fascination of her arts and of her character were known throughout the nation (2 Kings 9:22). Long afterward her name lived as the byword for all that was detestable. In Revelation 2:20 she is used as a type of those who encourage immorality and false teaching, in the same way that she engulfed Israel in idolatry. In Christ Jesus, charis |