“Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.”
Beware, I am throwing her on a bed, and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great tribulation, unless they repent of the works of her teaching — the image of the bed frames her seduction as literal adultery; those who join her (sexually and spiritually) face tribulation (thlipsis) severe enough to produce repentance. The unless-clause offers hope for those who turn from her teaching.
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