Ezekiel 17:19
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19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, I will surely return upon his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke.
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Jeremiah 5:9
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9 Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord,
and shall I not bring retribution
on a nation such as this?(A)
Jeremiah 5:2
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2 Although they say, “As the Lord lives,”
yet they swear falsely.(A)
Deuteronomy 5:11
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11 “ ‘You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
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Ezekiel 21:23-27
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23 But to them it will seem like a false divination; they have sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their guilt to remembrance, bringing about their capture.(A)
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.[a]
25 As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel,
you whose day has come,
the time of final punishment,(B)
26 thus says the Lord God:
Remove the turban, take off the crown;
things shall not remain as they are.
Exalt that which is low;
humble that which is high.(C)
27 A ruin, a ruin, a ruin—
I will make it!
(Such has never occurred.)
Until he comes whose right it is;
to him I will give it.(D)
Footnotes
- 21.24 Or be taken captive
Jeremiah 7:9-15
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9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known(A) 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, “We are safe!”—only to go on doing all these abominations?(B) 11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your sight? I, too, am watching, says the Lord.(C) 12 Go now to my place that was in Shiloh, where I made my name dwell at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.(D) 13 And now, because you have done all these things, says the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,(E) 14 therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your ancestors just what I did to Shiloh.(F) 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, just as I cast out all your kinsfolk, all the offspring of Ephraim.(G)
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