20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves (A)and grown fat, (B)then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.

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20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors,(A) and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods(B) and worship them,(C) rejecting me and breaking my covenant.(D)

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(A)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

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When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(A)
    then they forgot(B) me.(C)

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25 And they took strong cities and a (A)rich land,
And possessed (B)houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And [a]fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and (C)grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great (D)goodness.

26 “Nevertheless they (E)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(F)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (G)prophets, who [b]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:25 Lit. trees for eating
  2. Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them

25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land;(A) they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things,(B) wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished;(C) they reveled in your great goodness.(D)

26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(E) They killed(F) your prophets,(G) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(H)

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Caution Against Disobedience

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He [a]swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities (A)which you did not build, 11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—(B)when you have eaten and are full— 12 then beware, lest you forget the (C)Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:10 promised

10 When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,(A) 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig,(B) and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied,(C) 12 be careful that you do not forget(D) the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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So (A)I have come down to (B)deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land (C)to a good and large land, to a land (D)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (E)the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

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So I have come down(A) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,(B) a land flowing with milk and honey(C)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites(D) and Jebusites.(E)

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20 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: (A)“Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep.

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20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.(A)

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28 They have grown (A)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they [a]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead (B)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
(C)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.

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  1. Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook

28     and have grown fat(A) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;(B)
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.(C)

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16 (A)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (B)the fat and the strong, and feed them (C)in judgment.”

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16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(A) the injured and strengthen the weak,(B) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(C) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(D)

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11 “Because(A) you were glad, because you rejoiced,
You destroyers of My heritage,
Because you have grown fat (B)like a heifer threshing grain,
And you [a]bellow like bulls,

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  1. Jeremiah 50:11 Or neigh like steeds

11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
    you who pillage my inheritance,(A)
because you frolic like a heifer(B) threshing grain
    and neigh like stallions,

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70 (A)Their heart is [a]as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.

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  1. Psalm 119:70 Insensible

70 Their hearts are callous(A) and unfeeling,
    but I delight in your law.

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(A)Their [a]eyes bulge with abundance;
They have more than heart could wish.

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  1. Psalm 73:7 Tg. face bulges; LXX, Syr., Vg. iniquity bulges

From their callous hearts(A) comes iniquity[a];
    their evil imaginations have no limits.

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  1. Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat

10 They have closed up their (A)fat hearts;
With their mouths they (B)speak proudly.

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10 They close up their callous hearts,(A)
    and their mouths speak with arrogance.(B)

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35 For they have (A)not served You in their kingdom,
Or in the many good things that You gave them,
Or in the large and rich land which You set before them;
Nor did they turn from their wicked works.

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35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness(A) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you(B) or turn from their evil ways.

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