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Revelation 2:22
ESV Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
NIV So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.
NASB Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.
CSB Look, I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction. Unless they repent of her works,
NLT 'Therefore, I will throw her on a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer greatly unless they repent and turn away from her evil deeds.
KJV Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
NKJV Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

What does Revelation 2:22 mean?

In this verse Jesus pronounces judgment on a woman identified as Jezebel, and her followers. Despite being offered opportunity to repent (Revelation 2:21), this woman was still tempting Christians towards sexual sins and idolatry (Revelation 2:20). Despite this mercy, Jesus will not let her wicked activity go unchecked. He will put a stop to the depraved influence she held over the church. He promises to throw her into a sickbed. Bedridden, she will be too weak and ill to corrupt the church further. Her followers, too, will experience Jesus' judgment. If they fail to repent of following Jezebel's evil doings, He will throw them into great tribulation.

Perhaps Jezebel's sickness and her followers' severe suffering suggest the agony of a sexually transmitted disease. God often inflicts punishment that matches specific sin. When the Israelites constructed a golden calf in the wilderness and worshiped it, Moses took the calf, burned it with fire, ground it into powder, scattered it on the water, and made the people drink it (Exodus 32:20). Here, Jezebel's bed of adultery became her bed of suffering.
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