Deuteronomy 32:20
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20 And he said, (A)‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
Deuteronomy 31:17-18
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17 Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and (A)I will forsake them and (B)hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, (C)‘Have not these evils come upon us because (D)our God is not among us?’ 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because (E)they have turned to other gods.
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Luke 7:31-32
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31 “To what then shall 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 sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
Deuteronomy 32:5
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5 They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children (A)because they are blemished;
they are (B)a crooked and twisted generation.
Luke 18:8
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8 I tell you, he will give justice to them (A)speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, (B)will he find faith on earth?”
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Mark 9:19
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19 And he answered them, “O (A)faithless generation, (B)how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me.”
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Matthew 17:17
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17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and (A)twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? (B)How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
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Matthew 11:16-17
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16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
17 “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Hosea 9:12
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12 (A)Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
(B)Woe to them
when (C)I depart from them!
Jeremiah 18:17
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17 (A)Like the east wind (B)I will scatter them
before the enemy.
(C)I will show them my back, not my face,
in the day of their calamity.”
Isaiah 65:2-5
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2 (A)I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
(B)sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
4 who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
(C)who eat pig's flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5 who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(D)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
Isaiah 64:7
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7 (A)There is no one who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have made us melt in[a] the hand of our iniquities.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:7 Masoretic Text; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum have delivered us into
Isaiah 30:9
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9 (A)For they are a rebellious people,
lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
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