Ezekiel 14:5
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5 that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols.” ’
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Zechariah 11:8
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8 I [a]dismissed the three shepherds (A)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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- Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off
Isaiah 1:4
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4 Alas, sinful nation,
A people [a]laden with iniquity,
(A)A [b]brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the Lord,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.
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- Isaiah 1:4 Lit. heavy, weighed down
- Isaiah 1:4 offspring, seed
Hebrews 3:12
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12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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9 The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie,
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Colossians 1:21
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21 And you, (A)who once were alienated and enemies in your mind (B)by wicked works, yet now He has (C)reconciled
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Ephesians 4:18
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18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the (A)blindness of their heart;
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Galatians 6:7
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7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for (A)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
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Romans 8:7
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7 Because (A)the [a]carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, (B)nor indeed can be.
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- Romans 8:7 fleshly
Romans 1:30
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30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
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Romans 1:28
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28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (A)which are not fitting;
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Romans 1:21-23
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21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the (C)incorruptible (D)God into an image made like [a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
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- Romans 1:23 perishable
Zechariah 7:11-14
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11 “But they refused to heed, (A)shrugged[a] their shoulders, and (B)stopped[b] their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their (C)hearts like flint, (D)refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. (E)Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts. 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so (F)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts. 14 “But (G)I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
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- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy
Hosea 10:2
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2 Their heart is (A)divided;[a]
Now they are held guilty.
He will break down their altars;
He will ruin their sacred pillars.
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- Hosea 10:2 Divided in loyalty
Ezekiel 14:9-10
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9 “And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord (A)have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired,
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Jeremiah 2:31-32
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31 “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We [a]are lords;
(A)We will come no more to You’?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people (B)have forgotten Me days without number.
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- Jeremiah 2:31 have dominion
Jeremiah 2:11-13
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11 (A)Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are (B)not gods?
(C)But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the (D)fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
(B)Have followed [a]idols,
And have become idolaters?
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- Jeremiah 2:5 vanities or futilities
Deuteronomy 32:15-16
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15 “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
(A)You grew fat, you grew thick,
You are obese!
Then he (B)forsook God who (C)made him,
And scornfully esteemed the (D)Rock of his salvation.
16 (E)They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
With [a]abominations they provoked Him to anger.
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- Deuteronomy 32:16 detestable acts
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