ESV Reformation Study Bible – Rev 2:5
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Rev 2:5

2:5 remove your lampstand. The city of Ephesus had been relocated because of the gradual silting up of its river, the Cayster, and had been “removed” from earlier sites. By analogy, Christ threatens to remove the church unless its people repent.