Matthew 24:7-9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁷ For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines^[a](A) and earthquakes in various places.^{(B) 8} All these events are the beginning of birth pains.^(C)

Persecutions Predicted

⁹ “Then they will hand you over for persecution,^[b] and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.^(D)