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Hosea 4:18
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Hosea 4:18
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- Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields
Hosea 4:18
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Hosea 4:18
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18 Even when their drinks are gone,
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
Micah 7:3
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Micah 7:3
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3 (A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
Micah 7:3
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Micah 7:3
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Amos 5:12
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Amos 5:12
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12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (A)take a bribe,
and (B)turn aside the needy (C)in the gate.
Amos 5:12
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Amos 5:12
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12 For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.(A)
Hosea 4:10
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Hosea 4:10
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10 (A)They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
to cherish
Hosea 4:10
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Hosea 4:10
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Hosea 4:2
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Hosea 4:2
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2 (A)there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and (B)bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Jeremiah 2:21
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Jeremiah 2:21
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21 (A)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
wholly of pure seed.
(B)How then have you turned degenerate
and become a wild vine?
Jeremiah 2:21
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Jeremiah 2:21
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Isaiah 1:21-22
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Isaiah 1:21-22
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The Unfaithful City
21 How the faithful city
(A)has become a whore,[a]
(B)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 (C)Your silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
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- Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
Isaiah 1:21-22
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Isaiah 1:21-22
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Proverbs 30:15-16
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Proverbs 30:15-16
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15 The leech has two daughters:
Give and Give.[a]
(A)Three things are never satisfied;
(B)four never say, “Enough”:
16 (C)Sheol, (D)the barren womb,
the land never satisfied with water,
and the fire that never says, “Enough.”
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- Proverbs 30:15 Or “Give, give,” they cry
Proverbs 30:15-16
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Proverbs 30:15-16
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15 “The leech has two daughters.
‘Give! Give!’ they cry.
Psalm 47:9
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Psalm 47:9
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9 (A)The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For (B)the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!
Psalm 47:9
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Psalm 47:9
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2 Kings 17:7-17
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2 Kings 17:7-17
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Exile Because of Idolatry
7 And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, (A)who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods 8 (B)and walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel, (C)and in the customs that the kings of Israel had practiced. 9 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, (D)from watchtower to fortified city. 10 They set up for themselves (E)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, (F)of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this.” 13 Yet the Lord (G)warned Israel and Judah (H)by every prophet (I)and every seer, saying, (J)“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, (K)but were stubborn, as their fathers had been, who did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 They despised his statutes (L)and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after (M)false idols (N)and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the (O)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 (P)two calves; and they (Q)made an Asherah and (R)worshiped all the host of heaven and served (S)Baal. 17 (T)And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings[a] and used (U)divination and (V)omens and (W)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
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- 2 Kings 17:17 Or made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire
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Israel Exiled Because of Sin
7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned(A) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt(B) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods 8 and followed the practices of the nations(C) the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. 9 The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city(D) they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones(E) and Asherah poles(F) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(G) 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,(H) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[a] 13 The Lord warned(I) Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers:(J) “Turn from your evil ways.(K) 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.”(L)
14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked(M) as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(N) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(O) and themselves became worthless.(P) They imitated the nations(Q) 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,(R) and an Asherah(S) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(T) and they worshiped Baal.(U) 17 They sacrificed(V) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens(W) and sold(X) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
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- 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5
1 Samuel 12:3-4
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1 Samuel 12:3-4
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3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before (A)his anointed. (B)Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me[a] and I will restore it to you.” 4 They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 12:3 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Testify against me
1 Samuel 12:3-4
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1 Samuel 12:3-4
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3 Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed.(A) Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey(B) have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe(C) to make me shut my eyes? If I have done(D) any of these things, I will make it right.”(E)
4 “You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
1 Samuel 8:3
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1 Samuel 8:3
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3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways (A)but turned aside after gain. (B)They took bribes and perverted justice.
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1 Samuel 8:3
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3 But his sons(A) did not follow his ways. They turned aside(B) after dishonest gain and accepted bribes(C) and perverted(D) justice.
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