And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness (A)more than the nations, and against my statutes more than (B)the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes.

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Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.(A)

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10 They have turned back to (A)the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. (B)They have gone after other gods to serve them. (C)The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers.

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10 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors,(A) who refused to listen to my words.(B) They have followed other gods(C) to serve them.(D) Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant(E) I made with their ancestors.

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11 But (A)they refused to pay attention (B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.[a]

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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C)

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47 (A)Not only did you walk in their ways and do according to their abominations; within a very little time (B)you were more corrupt than they in all your ways. 48 (C)As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister (D)Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

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47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(A) 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign(B) Lord, your sister Sodom(C) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.(D)

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16 “But they and our fathers (A)acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey (B)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, (C)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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  1. Nehemiah 9:17 Some Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their slavery

16 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,(A) and they did not obey your commands.(B) 17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(C) the miracles(D) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(E) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(F) But you are a forgiving God,(G) gracious and compassionate,(H) slow to anger(I) and abounding in love.(J) Therefore you did not desert them,(K)

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(A)and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, (B)and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (C)from watchtower to fortified city. 10 They set up for themselves (D)pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, 11 and there they made offerings on all the high places, as the nations did whom the Lord carried away before them. And they did wicked things, provoking the Lord to anger, 12 and they served idols, (E)of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.” 13 Yet the Lord (F)warned Israel and Judah (G)by every prophet (H)and every seer, saying, (I)“Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”

14 But they would not listen, (J)but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 They despised his statutes (K)and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after (L)false idols (M)and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the (N)Lord had commanded them that they should not do like them. 16 And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made for themselves metal images of (O)two calves; and they (P)made an Asherah and (Q)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (R)Baal. 17 (S)And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings[a] and used (T)divination and (U)omens and (V)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight. None was left but (W)the tribe of Judah only.

19 (X)Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs that Israel had introduced. 20 And the Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them (Y)and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

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  1. 2 Kings 17:17 Or made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire

and followed the practices of the nations(A) the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city(B) they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones(C) and Asherah poles(D) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(E) 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols,(F) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[a] 13 The Lord warned(G) Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers:(H) “Turn from your evil ways.(I) Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”(J)

14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked(K) as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(L) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(M) and themselves became worthless.(N) They imitated the nations(O) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,(P) and an Asherah(Q) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(R) and they worshiped Baal.(S) 17 They sacrificed(T) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens(U) and sold(V) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence.(W) Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(X) 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers,(Y) until he thrust them from his presence.(Z)

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  1. 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5

Why then has this people (A)turned away
    in perpetual (B)backsliding?
(C)They hold fast to deceit;
    they refuse to return.

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Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(A)
    they refuse to return.(B)

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10 They (A)did not keep God's covenant,
    but refused to walk according to his law.

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10 they did not keep God’s covenant(A)
    and refused to live by his law.(B)

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For (A)certain people (B)have crept in unnoticed (C)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert (D)the grace of our God into sensuality and (E)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(A) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(B)

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  1. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

It is actually reported that there is (A)sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, (B)for a man has his father's wife.

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Dealing With a Case of Incest

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.(A)

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23 and (A)exchanged the glory of (B)the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore (C)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to (D)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for (E)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (F)who is blessed forever! Amen.

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23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(A) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over(B) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(C) 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(D) and worshiped and served created things(E) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(F) Amen.(G)

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51 (A)Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and (B)have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.

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51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.(A)

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Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
    (A)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

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You[a] live in the midst of deception;(A)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)