Hosea 4:2
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2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [a]upon bloodshed.
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- Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching
Hosea 6:9
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9 As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,
So the company of (A)priests (B)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit (C)lewdness.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God (C)and are [a]contrary to all men,
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 hostile
Micah 7:2
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2 The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
Hosea 7:1
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Israel Has Rebelled Against God
7 “When I would have healed Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered,
And the wickedness of Samaria.
For (A)they have committed fraud;
A thief comes in;
A band of robbers [a]takes spoil outside.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:1 plunders
Jeremiah 7:6-10
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6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, (A)or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 (B)then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in (C)the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 “Behold, you trust in (D)lying words that cannot profit. 9 (E)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and (F)walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 (G)and then come and stand before Me in this house (H)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?
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Jeremiah 6:7
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7 (A)As a fountain [a]wells up with water,
So she wells up with her wickedness.
(B)Violence and plundering are heard in her.
Before Me continually are [b]grief and wounds.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:7 gushes
- Jeremiah 6:7 sickness
Jeremiah 5:26-27
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26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They (A)lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
Revelation 17:6
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6 I saw (A)the woman, drunk (B)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (C)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
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Matthew 23:35
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35 (A)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (B)from the blood of righteous Abel to (C)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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Zechariah 7:9
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Zechariah 5:3
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3 Then he said to me, “This is the (A)curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; and, ‘Every perjurer shall be expelled,’ according to that side of it.”
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Zephaniah 3:1
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The Wickedness of Jerusalem
3 Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted,
To the oppressing city!
Micah 6:10
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10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
Micah 3:9
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9 Now hear this,
You heads of the house of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who abhor justice
And [a]pervert all equity,
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- Micah 3:9 Lit. twist
Micah 3:2
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2 You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
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- Micah 3:2 Lit. them
Micah 2:1-3
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Woe to Evildoers
2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They (B)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
“Behold, against this (C)family I am devising (D)disaster,
From which you cannot remove your necks;
Nor shall you walk haughtily,
For this is an evil time.
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- Micah 2:1 Plan
Hosea 12:14
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14 Ephraim (A)provoked Him to anger most bitterly;
Therefore his Lord will leave the guilt of his bloodshed upon him,
(B)And return his reproach upon him.
Hosea 10:4
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4 They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up (A)like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Hosea 7:3
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Hosea 5:2
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2 The revolters are (A)deeply involved in slaughter,
Though I rebuke them all.
Ezekiel 22:25-30
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25 (A)The conspiracy of her [a]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they (B)have devoured [b]people; (C)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 (D)Her priests have [c]violated My law and (E)profaned My holy things; they have not (F)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her (G)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [d]people, and to get dishonest gain. 28 (H)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, (I)seeing false visions, and divining (J)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (K)oppress the stranger. 30 (L)So I sought for a man among them who would (M)make a wall, and (N)stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
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- Ezekiel 22:25 So with MT, Vg.; LXX princes; Tg. scribes
- Ezekiel 22:25 Lit. souls
- Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. done violence to
- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Ezekiel 22:2-13
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2 “Now, son of man, (A)will you judge, will you judge (B)the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations! 3 Then say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The city sheds (C)blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself. 4 You have become guilty by the blood which you have (D)shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; (E)therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries. 5 Those near and those far from you will mock you as [a]infamous and full of tumult.
6 “Look, (F)the princes of Israel: each one has used his [b]power to shed blood in you. 7 In you they have (G)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (H)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [c]fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things and (I)profaned My Sabbaths. 9 In you are (J)men who slander to cause bloodshed; (K)in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness. 10 In you men (L)uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are (M)set apart during their impurity. 11 One commits abomination (N)with his neighbor’s wife; (O)another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s (P)daughter. 12 In you (Q)they take bribes to shed blood; (R)you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and (S)have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
13 “Behold, therefore, I (T)beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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- Ezekiel 22:5 Lit. defiled of name
- Ezekiel 22:6 Lit. arm
- Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
Lamentations 4:13
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13 (A)Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
(B)Who shed in her midst
The blood of the just.
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