Hosea 9:1
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Punishment for Israel’s Sin
9 Do not rejoice, O Israel!
Do not exult[a] as other nations do,
for you have prostituted yourself, departing from your God.
You have loved a prostitute’s pay
on all threshing floors.(A)
Footnotes
- 9.1 Gk: Heb To exultation
Hosea 9:1
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Punishment for Israel
Hosea 10:5
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Hosea 10:5
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Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
Hosea 4:12
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12 My people consult a piece of wood,
and their divining rod gives them oracles.
For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray,
and they have prostituted themselves, forsaking their God.(A)
Jeremiah 44:17
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17 Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food and prospered and saw no misfortune.(A)
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Jeremiah 44:17
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17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(A) We will burn incense(B) to the Queen of Heaven(C) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(D) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(E) At that time we had plenty of food(F) and were well off and suffered no harm.(G)
James 5:1
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you.
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you.
James 4:16
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16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
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James 4:16
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16 As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.(A)
Amos 6:13
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13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar,[a]
who say, “Have we not by our own strength
taken Karnaim[b] for ourselves?”
Amos 6:6-7
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6 who drink wine from bowls
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!(A)
7 Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile,
and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away.(B)
Amos 3:2
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2 You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.(A)
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Hosea 5:7
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7 They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord,
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon shall devour them along with their fields.(A)
Hosea 5:4
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4 Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
For the spirit of prostitution is within them,
and they do not know the Lord.(A)
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Hosea 2:12
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12 I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees,
of which she said,
“These are my pay,
which my lovers have given me.”
I will make them a forest,
and the wild animals shall devour them.(A)
Ezekiel 21:10
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10 it is sharpened for slaughter,
honed to flash like lightning!
How can we make merry?
You have despised the rod
and all discipline.[a]
Footnotes
- 21.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 21:10
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10 sharpened for the slaughter,(A)
polished to flash like lightning!
“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.(B)
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