2 Kings 17:7
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7 For (A)so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had (B)feared other gods,
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Joshua 23:16
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16 [a]When you have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, then the (A)anger of the Lord will burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”
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- Joshua 23:16 Or if ever
Jeremiah 10:5
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5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And (A)they cannot speak;
They must be (B)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For (C)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
Psalm 106:35-41
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35 (A)But they mingled with the Gentiles
And learned their works;
36 (B)They served their idols,
(C)Which became a snare to them.
37 (D)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to (E)demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (F)the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they [a]were (G)defiled by their own works,
And (H)played[b] the harlot by their own deeds.
40 Therefore (I)the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred (J)His own inheritance.
41 And (K)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
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- Psalm 106:39 became unclean
- Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
Nehemiah 9:26
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26 “Nevertheless they (A)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(B)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (C)prophets, who [a]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
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- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
Judges 2:14-17
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14 (A)And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He (B)delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and (C)He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they (D)could no longer stand before their enemies. 15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had (E)sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.
16 Nevertheless, (F)the Lord raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them. 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they (G)played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do so.
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Exodus 20:2
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2 (A)“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, (B)out of the house of [a]bondage.
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- Exodus 20:2 slaves
Hosea 8:5-14
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5 Your [a]calf [b]is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
(A)How long until they attain to innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this:
A (B)workman made it, and it is not God;
But the calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces.
7 “They(C) sow the wind,
And reap the whirlwind.
The stalk has no bud;
It shall never produce meal.
If it should produce,
(D)Aliens would swallow it up.
8 (E)Israel is swallowed up;
Now they are among the Gentiles
(F)Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
9 For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like (G)a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim (H)has hired lovers.
10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now (I)I will gather them;
And they shall [c]sorrow a little,
Because of the [d]burden of (J)the king of princes.
11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.
12 I have written for him (K)the great things of My law,
But they were considered a strange thing.
13 For the sacrifices of My offerings (L)they sacrifice flesh and eat it,
(M)But the Lord does not accept them.
(N)Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
They shall return to Egypt.
14 “For(O) Israel has forgotten (P)his Maker,
And has built [e]temples;
Judah also has multiplied (Q)fortified cities;
But (R)I will send fire upon his cities,
And it shall devour his [f]palaces.”
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- Hosea 8:5 Golden calf image
- Hosea 8:5 Or has rejected you
- Hosea 8:10 Or begin to diminish
- Hosea 8:10 Or oracle or proclamation
- Hosea 8:14 Or palaces
- Hosea 8:14 Or citadels
Hosea 4:1-3
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God’s Charge Against Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord,
You children of Israel,
For the Lord brings a (A)charge[a] against the inhabitants of the land:
“There is no truth or mercy
Or (B)knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [b]upon bloodshed.
3 Therefore (C)the land will mourn;
And (D)everyone who dwells there will waste away
With the beasts of the field
And the birds of the air;
Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
2 Chronicles 36:14-16
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14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
15 (B)And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But (C)they mocked the messengers of God, (D)despised His words, and (E)scoffed at His prophets, until the (F)wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
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2 Chronicles 36:5
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The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim(A)
5 (B)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did (C)evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
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2 Kings 17:35
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35 with whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them, saying: (A)“You shall not fear other gods, nor (B)bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them;
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2 Kings 16:2
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2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father David had done.
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1 Kings 15:3
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3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; (A)his heart was not [a]loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
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- 1 Kings 15:3 Lit. at peace with
1 Kings 11:4
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4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, (A)that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his (B)heart was not [a]loyal to the Lord his God, (C)as was the heart of his father David.
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- 1 Kings 11:4 Lit. at peace with
Judges 6:10
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10 Also I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; (A)do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not obeyed My (B)voice.’ ”
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Deuteronomy 32:15-52
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15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
(A)You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he (B)forsook God who (C)made him,
And scornfully esteemed the (D)Rock of his salvation.
16 (E)They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
With [a]abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 (F)They sacrificed to demons, not to God,
To gods they did not know,
To new gods, new arrivals
That your fathers did not fear.
18 (G)Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
And have (H)forgotten the God who fathered you.
19 “And(I) when the Lord saw it, He spurned them,
Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
(J)Children in whom is no faith.
21 (K)They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger (L)by their [b]foolish idols.
But (M)I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
22 For (N)a fire is kindled in My anger,
And shall burn to the [c]lowest [d]hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 ‘I will (O)heap disasters on them;
(P)I will spend My arrows on them.
24 They shall be wasted with hunger,
Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;
I will also send against them the (Q)teeth of beasts,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
26 (R)I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,
I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
27 Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
Lest they should say, (S)“Our hand is high;
And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
Nor is there any understanding in them.
29 (T)Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their (U)latter end!
30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock (V)had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,
(W)Even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For (X)their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
33 Their wine is (Y)the poison of serpents,
And the cruel (Z)venom of cobras.
34 ‘Is this not (AA)laid up in store with Me,
Sealed up among My treasures?
35 (AB)Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
(AC)For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’
36 “For(AD) the Lord will judge His people
(AE)And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And (AF)there is no one remaining, bond or free.
37 He will say: (AG)‘Where are their gods,
The rock in which they sought refuge?
38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise and help you,
And be your refuge.
39 ‘Now see that (AH)I, even I, am He,
And (AI)there is no God besides Me;
(AJ)I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
40 For I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, “As I live forever,
41 (AK)If I [e]whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.
42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’
43 “Rejoice,(AL) O Gentiles, with His [f]people;
For He will (AM)avenge the blood of His servants,
And render vengeance to His adversaries;
He (AN)will provide atonement for His land and His people.”
44 So Moses came with [g]Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 and he said to them: (AO)“Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your (AP)children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a [h]futile thing for you, because it is your (AQ)life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
48 Then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying: 49 (AR)“Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession; 50 and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be [i]gathered to your people, just as (AS)Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people; 51 because (AT)you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of [j]Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you (AU)did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 (AV)Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”
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- Deuteronomy 32:16 detestable acts
- Deuteronomy 32:21 foolishness, lit. vanities
- Deuteronomy 32:22 lowest part of
- Deuteronomy 32:22 Or Sheol
- Deuteronomy 32:41 sharpen
- Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS fragment adds And let all the gods (angels) worship Him; cf. LXX and Heb. 1:6
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Heb. Hoshea, Num. 13:8, 16
- Deuteronomy 32:47 vain
- Deuteronomy 32:50 Join your ancestors
- Deuteronomy 32:51 Lit. Contention at Kadesh
Deuteronomy 31:29
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29 For I know that after my death you will (A)become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And (B)evil will befall you (C)in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.”
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Deuteronomy 31:16-17
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16 And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will [a]rest with your fathers; and this people will (A)rise and (B)play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will (C)forsake Me and (D)break My covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then My anger shall be (E)aroused against them in that day, and (F)I will forsake them, and I will (G)hide My face from them, and they shall be [b]devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, (H)‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is (I)not among us?’
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- Deuteronomy 31:16 Die and join your ancestors
- Deuteronomy 31:17 consumed
Exodus 14:15-30
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15 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. 16 But (A)lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I indeed will (B)harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will (C)gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen. 18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
19 And the Angel of God, (D)who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them. 20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and (E)made the sea into dry land, and the waters were (F)divided. 22 So (G)the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were (H)a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
24 Now it came to pass, in the morning (I)watch, that (J)the Lord looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and He [a]troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He [b]took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord (K)fights for them against the Egyptians.”
26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.” 27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea (L)returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord (M)overthrew[c] the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 Then (N)the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained. 29 But (O)the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 So the Lord (P)saved[d] Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel (Q)saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
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- Exodus 14:24 confused
- Exodus 14:25 Sam., LXX, Syr. bound
- Exodus 14:27 Lit. shook off
- Exodus 14:30 delivered
Ezekiel 23:2-16
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2 “Son of man, there were (A)two women,
The daughters of one mother.
3 (B)They committed harlotry in Egypt,
They committed harlotry in (C)their youth;
Their breasts were there embraced,
Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
4 Their names: [a]Oholah the elder and [b]Oholibah (D)her sister;
(E)They were Mine,
And they bore sons and daughters.
As for their names,
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
The Older Sister, Samaria
5 “Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine;
And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring (F)Assyrians,
6 Who were clothed in purple,
Captains and rulers,
All of them desirable young men,
Horsemen riding on horses.
7 Thus she committed her harlotry with them,
All of them choice men of Assyria;
And with all for whom she lusted,
With all their idols, she defiled herself.
8 She has never given up her harlotry brought (G)from Egypt,
For in her youth they had lain with her,
Pressed her virgin bosom,
And poured out their immorality upon her.
9 “Therefore I have delivered her
Into the hand of her lovers,
Into the hand of the (H)Assyrians,
For whom she lusted.
10 They uncovered her nakedness,
Took away her sons and daughters,
And slew her with the sword;
She became a byword among women,
For they had executed judgment on her.
The Younger Sister, Jerusalem
11 “Now (I)although her sister Oholibah saw this, (J)she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.
12 “She lusted for the neighboring (K)Assyrians,
(L)Captains and rulers,
Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses,
All of them desirable young men.
13 Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.
14 But she increased her harlotry;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
Images of (M)Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
15 Girded with belts around their waists,
Flowing turbans on their heads,
All of them looking like captains,
In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea,
The land of their nativity.
16 (N)As soon as her eyes saw them,
She lusted for them
And sent (O)messengers to them in Chaldea.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 23:4 Lit. Her Own Tabernacle
- Ezekiel 23:4 Lit. My Tabernacle Is in Her
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