23 (A)The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore (B)I hid My face from them. I (C)gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.

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And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, (A)‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’ Then they will answer, (B)‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”

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But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (A)not hear.

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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.

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  1. Isaiah 1:15 Pray
  2. Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed

29 (A)And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have (B)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”

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And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and (A)said to him: “The Lord your God has pronounced this doom on this place. Now the Lord has brought it, and has done just as He said. (B)Because you people have sinned against the Lord, and not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.

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24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers?
Was it not the Lord,
He against whom we have sinned?
(A)For they would not walk in His ways,
Nor were they obedient to His law.

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30 How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock (A)had sold them,
And the Lord had surrendered them?

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20 And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them,
I will see what their end will be,
For they are a perverse generation,
(A)Children in whom is no faith.

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17 Then My anger shall be (A)aroused against them in that day, and (B)I will forsake them, and I will (C)hide My face from them, and they shall be [a]devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, (D)‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is (E)not among us?’ 18 And (F)I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

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  1. Deuteronomy 31:17 consumed

25 And (A)I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant;

when you are gathered together within your cities (B)I will send pestilence among you;

and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. (A)I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.

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18 Therefore I poured out My fury on them (A)for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. 19 So I (B)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them (C)according to their ways and their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they (D)profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ 21 But I had concern (E)for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.

22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, (F)but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am (G)hallowed in you before their eyes.

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15 All who [a]pass by (A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss (B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
Is this the city that is called
(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

16 (D)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, (E)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (F)day we have waited for;
We have found it, (G)we have seen it!

17 The Lord has done what He (H)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to (I)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the [b]horn of your adversaries.

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  1. Lamentations 2:15 Lit. pass by this way
  2. Lamentations 2:17 Strength

(A)Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become [a]vile.
All who honored her despise her
Because (B)they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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  1. Lamentations 1:8 LXX, Vg. moved or removed

‘They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to (A)fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.

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And there is no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us,
And have [a]consumed us because of our iniquities.

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 Lit. caused us to melt

17 And I will wait on the Lord,
Who (A)hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I (B)will hope in Him.

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41 And (A)He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

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Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
(A)You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

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A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil

10 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?

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21 “And as for (A)this [a]house, which [b]is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be (B)astonished and say, (C)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and this house?’ 22 Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.’ ”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:21 Temple
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:21 Or was

Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and He (A)sold them into the hand of (B)Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.

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14 (A)And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He (B)delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and (C)He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they (D)could no longer stand before their enemies.

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