18 And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served (A)the Asherim and the idols. And (B)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

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20 (A)Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and (B)wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.’”

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After this Joash (A)decided to (B)restore the house of the Lord.

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But (A)Jehu the son of (B)Hanani (C)the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you (D)help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, (E)wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.

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(A)Let no one (B)deceive you with empty words, for because of these things (C)the wrath of God comes upon (D)the sons of disobedience.

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25 But Hezekiah (A)did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for (B)his heart was proud. Therefore (C)wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.

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13 and said to them, “You shall not bring the captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us guilt against the Lord in addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.”

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23 For they also built for themselves (A)high places (B)and pillars and (C)Asherim on every high hill and (D)under every green tree,

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“I will stretch out my hand against Judah
    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(A)and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
    and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
(B)those who bow down on the roofs
    to the host of the heavens,
(C)those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    and yet swear by (D)Milcom,[a]
(E)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    (F)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:5 Or their king

14 For I will be (A)like a lion to (B)Ephraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of (C)Judah.
(D)I, even I, will tear and go away;
    I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

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10 The princes of Judah have become
    like (A)those who move the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
    my wrath like water.
11 Ephraim is (B)oppressed, crushed in judgment,
    because he was determined to go after filth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:11 Or to follow human precepts

14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, (A)sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 (B)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (C)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (D)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

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For he rebuilt the high places (A)that his father Hezekiah had broken down, and he erected altars to the Baals, and made (B)Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, (C)“In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.” And he built altars for all the host of heaven in (D)the two courts of the house of the Lord. (E)And he burned his sons as an offering (F)in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and (G)used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with (H)mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. And (I)the carved image of the idol that he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, (J)I will put my name forever,

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Therefore (A)the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them (B)an object of horror, of astonishment, (C)and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

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13 (A)but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel and have enticed Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem (B)into whoredom, (C)as the house of Ahab led Israel into whoredom, and also you (D)have killed your brothers, of your father's house, who were better than you,

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but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and (A)made for yourself other gods and (B)metal images, provoking me to anger, and (C)have cast me behind your back,

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For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and (A)his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, (B)as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after (C)Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after (D)Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

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David's Census

24 (A)(B)Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, (C)“Go, number Israel and Judah.”

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(A)When new gods were chosen,
    then war was in the gates.
(B)Was shield or spear to be seen
    among forty thousand in Israel?

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