2 Kings 22:17
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17 (A)because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched.’ ” ’
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1 Thessalonians 2:16
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16 (A)forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always (B)to fill up the measure of their sins; (C)but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
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Zephaniah 1:18
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18 (A)Neither their silver nor their gold
Shall be able to deliver them
In the day of the Lord’s wrath;
But the whole land shall be devoured
By the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make speedy riddance
Of all those who dwell in the land.
Micah 5:13
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13 (A)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall (B)no more worship the work of your hands;
Ezekiel 20:47-48
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47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour (B)every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces (C)from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. 48 All flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” ’ ”
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Jeremiah 17:27
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27 “But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then (A)I will kindle a fire in its gates, (B)and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be (C)quenched.” ’ ”
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Jeremiah 7:20
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20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.”
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Jeremiah 2:27-28
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27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a (A)stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their (B)trouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
28 But (C)where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise,
If they (D)can save you in the time of your [a]trouble;
For (E)according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:28 Or evil
Jeremiah 2:11-13
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11 (A)Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are (B)not gods?
(C)But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the (D)fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Isaiah 46:5-8
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5 “To(A) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
6 (B)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a (C)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
7 (D)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though (E)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
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- Isaiah 46:8 be men, take courage
Isaiah 44:17-20
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17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 (A)They do not know nor understand;
For (B)He has [a]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot (C)understand.
19 And no one (D)considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
20 He feeds on ashes;
(E)A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, “Is there not a (F)lie in my right hand?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:18 Lit. smeared over
Isaiah 33:14
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring (A)fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
Isaiah 2:8-9
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8 (A)Their land is also full of idols;
They worship the work of their own hands,
That which their own fingers have made.
9 People bow down,
And each man humbles himself;
Therefore do not forgive them.
Psalm 115:4-8
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4 (A)Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
6 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;
7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
8 (B)Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
Psalm 106:35-42
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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.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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- Psalm 106:39 became unclean
- Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
Nehemiah 9:26-27
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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.
27 (D)Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies,
Who oppressed them;
And in the time of their trouble,
When they cried to You,
You (E)heard from heaven;
And according to Your abundant mercies
(F)You gave them deliverers who saved them
From the hand of their enemies.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
2 Chronicles 36:16
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16 But (A)they mocked the messengers of God, (B)despised His words, and (C)scoffed at His prophets, until the (D)wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
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2 Kings 21:22
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22 He (A)forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord.
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1 Kings 9:6-9
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6 (A)But if you or your sons at all [a]turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, 7 (B)then I will [b]cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated (C)for My name I will cast out of My sight. (D)Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 And as for (E)this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, (F)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ 9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the Lord has brought all this (G)calamity on them.’ ”
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- 1 Kings 9:6 turn back
- 1 Kings 9:7 destroy
Judges 10:10-14
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10 (A)And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have (B)sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”
11 So the Lord said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you (C)from the Egyptians and (D)from the Amorites and (E)from the people of Ammon and (F)from the Philistines? 12 Also (G)the Sidonians (H)and Amalekites and [a]Maonites (I)oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand. 13 (J)Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore I will deliver you no more. 14 “Go and (K)cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.”
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- Judges 10:12 LXX mss. Midianites
Judges 10:6-7
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Israel Oppressed Again
6 Then (A)the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and (B)served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, (C)the gods of Syria, the gods of (D)Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the people of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7 So the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and He (E)sold them into the hands of the (F)Philistines and into the hands of the people of (G)Ammon.
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Judges 3:7-8
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Othniel
7 So the children of Israel did (A)evil in the sight of the Lord. They (B)forgot the Lord their God, and served the Baals and [a]Asherahs. 8 Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He (C)sold them into the hand of (D)Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.
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- Judges 3:7 Name or symbol for Canaanite goddesses
Judges 2:12-14
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12 and they (A)forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; and they followed (B)other gods from among the gods of the people who were all around them, and they (C)bowed down to them; and they provoked the Lord to anger. 13 They forsook the Lord (D)and served [a]Baal and the [b]Ashtoreths. 14 (E)And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He (F)delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and (G)He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they (H)could no longer stand before their enemies.
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- Judges 2:13 A Canaanite god
- Judges 2:13 Canaanite goddesses
Deuteronomy 32:22
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22 For (A)a fire is kindled in My anger,
And shall burn to the [a]lowest [b]hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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- Deuteronomy 32:22 lowest part of
- Deuteronomy 32:22 Or Sheol
Deuteronomy 32:15-19
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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.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:16 detestable acts
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