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2 Peter 3:4
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2 Peter 3:4
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4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died,[a] all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”(A)
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- 3.4 Gk our fathers fell asleep
2 Peter 3:4
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2 Peter 3:4
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4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(A) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(B)
Jeremiah 17:15
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Jeremiah 17:15
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15 See how they say to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come!”(A)
Jeremiah 17:15
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Jeremiah 17:15
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15 They keep saying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it now be fulfilled!”(A)
Malachi 2:17
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Malachi 2:17
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17 You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”(A)
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Malachi 2:17
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Malachi 2:17
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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)
By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)”
Jeremiah 5:12-13
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Jeremiah 5:12-13
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12 They have spoken falsely of the Lord
and have said, “He will do nothing.
No evil will come upon us,
and we shall not see sword or famine.”(A)
13 The prophets are nothing but wind,
for the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!(B)
Luke 12:45
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Luke 12:45
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45 But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
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Luke 12:45
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Luke 12:45
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45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
Isaiah 5:18-19
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Isaiah 5:18-19
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18 Woe to those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,
who drag sin along as with cart ropes,(A)
19 who say, “Let him make haste;
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment,
that we may know it!”(B)
Isaiah 5:18-19
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Isaiah 5:18-19
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.
Matthew 24:48
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Matthew 24:48
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48 But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’
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Matthew 24:48
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Matthew 24:48
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48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
Ezekiel 12:22-27
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Ezekiel 12:22-27
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22 Mortal, what is this proverb of yours about the land of Israel that says, “The days are prolonged, and every vision comes to nothing”?(A) 23 Tell them therefore, “Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall use it no more as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them: “The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision.(B) 24 For there shall no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.(C) 25 But I the Lord will speak the word that I speak, and it will be fulfilled. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and fulfill it, says the Lord God.”(D)
26 The word of the Lord came to me: 27 Mortal, the house of Israel is saying, “The vision that he sees is for many years ahead; he prophesies for distant times.”(E)
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Ezekiel 12:22-27
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Ezekiel 12:22-27
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22 “Son of man, what is this proverb(A) you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’?(B) 23 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near(C) when every vision will be fulfilled.(D) 24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations(E) among the people of Israel. 25 But I the Lord will speak what I will, and it shall be fulfilled without delay.(F) For in your days, you rebellious people, I will fulfill(G) whatever I say, declares the Sovereign Lord.(H)’”
26 The word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies about the distant future.’(I)
1 Thessalonians 2:19
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
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19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
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19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown(A) in which we will glory(B) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?(C) Is it not you?
Genesis 19:14
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Genesis 19:14
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14 So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Up, get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.(A)
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Genesis 19:14
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Genesis 19:14
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14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!(A)” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.(B)
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- Genesis 19:14 Or were married to
Mark 13:19
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Mark 13:19
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19 For in those days there will be suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now and never will be.(A)
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Mark 13:19
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Mark 13:19
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19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world,(A) until now—and never to be equaled again.(B)
Ecclesiastes 1:9
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Ecclesiastes 1:9
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9 What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.(A)
Ecclesiastes 1:9
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Ecclesiastes 1:9
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9 What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;(A)
there is nothing new under the sun.
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