Deuteronomy 32:5-6
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5 Yet his degenerate children have treated him basely,
a twisted and crooked generation!(A)
6 Is this how you repay the Lord,
so foolish and unwise a people?
Is he not your father who begot you,
the one who made and established you?(B)
Deuteronomy 32:18-20
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18 You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,
you forgot the God who gave you birth.(A)
19 The Lord saw and was filled with loathing,
provoked by his sons and daughters.(B)
20 He said, I will hide my face from them,
and see what becomes of them.
For they are a fickle generation,
children with no loyalty in them!(C)
Leviticus 19:27-28
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27 Do not clip your hair at the temples, nor spoil the edges of your beard. 28 Do not lacerate your bodies for the dead, and do not tattoo yourselves.[a](A) I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 21:5
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5 The priests shall not make bald the crown of their head, nor shave the edges of their beard, nor lacerate their body.(A)
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Psalm 103:13
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13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
Isaiah 1:2
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Accusation and Appeal
2 [a]Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,
for the Lord speaks:
Sons have I raised and reared,
but they have rebelled against me!(A)
Footnotes
- 1:2–31 This chapter is widely considered to be a collection of oracles from various periods in Isaiah’s ministry, chosen by the editor as a compendium of his most characteristic teachings.
Isaiah 1:4
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4 Ah![a] Sinful nation, people laden with wickedness,
evil offspring, corrupt children!
They have forsaken the Lord,
spurned the Holy One of Israel,
apostatized,(A)
Isaiah 30:1
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Chapter 30
Oracle on the Futility of an Alliance with Egypt[a]
1 Ah! Rebellious children,
oracle of the Lord,
Who carry out a plan that is not mine,
who make an alliance[b] I did not inspire,
thus adding sin upon sin;(A)
Footnotes
- 30:1–17 Several independent oracles against making an alliance with Egypt have been strung together in this chapter: vv. 1–5, vv. 6–7, and vv. 8–17. That these were originally separate oracles is indicated by the fact that the oracle in vv. 6–7 is still introduced by its own heading: Oracle on the Beasts of the Negeb.
- 30:1 Make an alliance: lit., “pour out a libation,” namely, as part of the ritual of treaty making.
Jeremiah 3:14
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14 Return, rebellious children—oracle of the Lord—[a]
for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan,
and bring you to Zion.(A)
Jeremiah 3:19
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Conditions for Forgiveness
19 I thought:
How I would like to make you my children!
So I gave you a pleasant land,
the most beautiful heritage among the nations!
You would call me, “My Father,” I thought,
and you would never turn away from me.(A)
Jeremiah 3:22
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22 Return, rebellious children!
I will heal your rebellions.
“Here we are! We belong to you,
for you are the Lord, our God.(A)
Jeremiah 16:6
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6 They shall die, the great and the lowly, in this land, unburied and unlamented.[a] No one will gash themselves or shave their heads for them.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:9
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9 With weeping they shall come,
but with compassion I will guide them;
I will lead them to streams of water,
on a level road, without stumbling.
For I am a father to Israel,
Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)
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