Ezekiel 20:17
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17 Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.
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Ezekiel 11:13
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13 While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign Lord, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”
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Jeremiah 5:18
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18 “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 4:27
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27 This is what the Lord says:
“The whole land will be ruined,
but I will not destroy it completely.
Nahum 1:8-9
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8 But he will sweep away his enemies[a]
in an overwhelming flood.
He will pursue his foes
into the darkness of night.
9 Why are you scheming against the Lord?
He will destroy you with one blow;
he won’t need to strike twice!
Footnotes
- 1:8 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads sweep away her place.
Ezekiel 9:10
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10 So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”
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Ezekiel 8:18
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18 Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”
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Ezekiel 7:2
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2 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to Israel:
“The end is here!
Wherever you look—
east, west, north, or south—
your land is finished.
Psalm 78:37-38
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37 Their hearts were not loyal to him.
They did not keep his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins
and did not destroy them all.
Many times he held back his anger
and did not unleash his fury!
Nehemiah 9:19
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19 “But in your great mercy you did not abandon them to die in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still led them forward by day, and the pillar of fire showed them the way through the night.
1 Samuel 24:10
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10 This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn’t true. For the Lord placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the Lord’s anointed one.’
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