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The earth and the heaven fled away from his presence, but there was no place for them to go
John describes heaven and earth as a person who is trying to escape God's judgment. This means the presence of God completely destroyed the old heaven and earth. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
the mighty and the unimportant
John combines these words to mean all of the dead people. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
the books were opened
AT: "and the books were open" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)