Deuteronomy 32:20
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20 He said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom there is no faithfulness.(A)
Deuteronomy 31:17-18
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17 My anger will be kindled against them on that day. I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become easy prey, and many terrible troubles will come upon them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these troubles come upon us because our God is not in our midst?’(A) 18 On that day I will surely hide my face on account of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
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Luke 7:31-32
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31 “To what, then, will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not weep.’
Deuteronomy 32:5
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Footnotes
- 32.5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Luke 18:8
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8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
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Mark 9:19
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19 He answered them, “You faithless generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.”
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Matthew 17:17
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17 Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
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Matthew 11:16-17
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16 “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,
17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not mourn.’
Hosea 9:12
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12 Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
when I depart from them!(A)
Jeremiah 18:17
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17 Like the wind from the east,
I will scatter them before the enemy.
I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.(A)
Isaiah 65:2-5
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2 I held out my hands all day long
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;(A)
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and offering incense on bricks;(B)
4 who sit inside tombs
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat the flesh of pigs,
with broth of abominable things in their vessels;(C)
5 who say, “Keep to yourself;
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.(D)
Isaiah 64:7
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7 There is no one who calls on your name
or attempts to take hold of you,
for you have hidden your face from us
and have delivered[a] us into the hand of our iniquity.(A)
Footnotes
- 64.7 Gk Syr OL Tg: Heb melted
Isaiah 30:9
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9 For they are a rebellious people,
faithless children,
children who will not hear
the instruction of the Lord;(A)
Isaiah 7:9
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9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
If you do not stand firm in faith,
you shall not stand at all.”(A)
Job 34:29
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29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
When he hides his face, who can behold him?
Whether nation or person, it is the same—(A)
Job 13:24
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24 Why do you hide your face
and count me as your enemy?(A)
2 Chronicles 20:20
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20 They rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa, and as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets and you will succeed.”(A)
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Deuteronomy 31:29
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29 For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly, turning aside from the way that I have commanded you. In time to come trouble will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”(A)
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Hebrews 11:6
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6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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2 Thessalonians 3:2
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2 and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith.
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