Leviticus 18:25
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25 Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.
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Leviticus 18:28
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28 So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
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Jeremiah 2:7
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7 “And when I brought you into a fruitful land
to enjoy its bounty and goodness,
you defiled my land and
corrupted the possession I had promised you.
Jeremiah 9:9
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9 Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”
Psalm 106:38
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38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters.
By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan,
they polluted the land with murder.
Leviticus 20:22-23
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22 “You must keep all my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you as your new home will vomit you out. 23 Do not live according to the customs of the people I am driving out before you. It is because they do these shameful things that I detest them.
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Numbers 35:33-34
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33 This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.[a] 34 You must not defile the land where you live, for I live there myself. I am the Lord, who lives among the people of Israel.”
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- 35:33 Or can make atonement for murder.
Hosea 2:13
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13 I will punish her for all those times
when she burned incense to her images of Baal,
when she put on her earrings and jewels
and went out to look for her lovers
but forgot all about me,”
says the Lord.
Ezekiel 36:17-18
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17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived. To me their conduct was as unclean as a woman’s menstrual cloth. 18 They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols,[a] so I poured out my fury on them.
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Jeremiah 23:2
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2 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.
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Jeremiah 16:18
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18 I will double their punishment for all their sins, because they have defiled my land with lifeless images of their detestable gods and have filled my territory with their evil deeds.”
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Jeremiah 14:10
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10 So this is what the Lord says to his people:
“You love to wander far from me
and do not restrain yourselves.
Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people.
Now I will remember all your wickedness
and will punish you for your sins.”
Jeremiah 5:29
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29 Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
Jeremiah 5:9
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9 Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
Isaiah 26:21
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21 Look! The Lord is coming from heaven
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
They will be brought out for all to see.
Deuteronomy 18:12
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12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the Lord your God will drive them out ahead of you.
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Romans 8:22
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22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
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Hosea 9:9
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9 The things my people do are as depraved
as what they did in Gibeah long ago.
God will not forget.
He will surely punish them for their sins.
Isaiah 24:5
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5 The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.
Psalm 89:32
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32 then I will punish their sin with the rod,
and their disobedience with beating.
Deuteronomy 9:5
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5 It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The Lord your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Hosea 8:13
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13 The people love to offer sacrifices to me,
feasting on the meat,
but I do not accept their sacrifices.
I will hold my people accountable for their sins,
and I will punish them.
They will return to Egypt.
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