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Hosea 4:18
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Hosea 4:18
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18 Their drink [a]is rebellion,
They commit harlotry continually.
(A)Her [b]rulers [c]dearly love dishonor.
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- Hosea 4:18 Or has turned aside
- Hosea 4:18 Lit. shields
- Hosea 4:18 Heb. difficult; a Jewish tradition shamefully love, ‘Give!’
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 3:11
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Micah 3:11
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11 (A)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(B)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [a]money.
(C)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
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- Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
Micah 7:3
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Micah 7:3
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3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a (A)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme 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 (A)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(B)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(C)Diverting the poor from justice at 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 For (A)they shall eat, but not have enough;
They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;
Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.
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 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
Jeremiah 2:21
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Jeremiah 2:21
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21 Yet I had (A)planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into (B)the degenerate plant of an alien vine?
Jeremiah 2:21
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Jeremiah 2:21
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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!
There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:
16 (A)The[a] grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”
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- Proverbs 30:16 Or Sheol
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 The princes of the people have gathered together,
(A)The people of the God of Abraham.
(B)For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly 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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7 For (A)so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had (B)feared other gods, 8 and (C)had walked in the statutes of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 Also the children of Israel secretly did against the Lord their God things that were not right, and they built for themselves [a]high places in all their cities, (D)from watchtower to fortified city. 10 (E)They set up for themselves sacred pillars and (F)wooden images[b] (G)on every high hill and under every green tree. 11 There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom the Lord had carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger, 12 for they served idols, (H)of which the Lord had said to them, (I)“You shall not do this thing.”
13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, by all of His (J)prophets, (K)every seer, saying, (L)“Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.” 14 Nevertheless they would not hear, but (M)stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who (N)did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 And they (O)rejected His statutes (P)and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed (Q)idols, (R)became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should (S)not do like them. 16 So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, (T)made for themselves a molded image and two calves, (U)made a wooden image and worshiped all the (V)host of heaven, (W)and served Baal. 17 (X)And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, (Y)practiced witchcraft and soothsaying, and (Z)sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.
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- 2 Kings 17:9 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 17:10 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
2 Kings 17:7-17
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2 Kings 17:7-17
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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. Witness 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 cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any (C)bribe with which to (D)blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
4 And they said, (E)“You have not cheated us or oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.”
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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 But his sons (A)did not walk in his ways; they turned aside (B)after dishonest gain, (C)took bribes, and perverted justice.
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1 Samuel 8:3
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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.
Deuteronomy 32:32-33
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Deuteronomy 32:32-33
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32 For (A)their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
33 Their wine is (B)the poison of serpents,
And the cruel (C)venom of cobras.
Deuteronomy 32:32-33
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Deuteronomy 32:32-33
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