For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because their (A)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    (B)defying his glorious presence.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory

Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(A)
their words(B) and deeds(C) are against the Lord,
    defying(D) his glorious presence.

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22 (A)Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? (B)Are we stronger than he?

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22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy?(A) Are we stronger than he?(B)

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16 They (A)return, but not upward;[a]
    they are (B)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
    because of (C)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (D)in the land of Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High

16 They do not turn to the Most High;(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(D)
    in the land of Egypt.(E)

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15 (A)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (B)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (C)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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15 to judge(A) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](B)

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  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)

36 I tell you, (A)on the day of judgment (B)people will give account for (C)every careless word they speak, 37 for (D)by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. 37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(A)

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13 (A)“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. (B)But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, (C)‘It is vain to serve God. (D)What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call (E)the arrogant blessed. (F)Evildoers not only prosper but (G)they put God to the test and they escape.’”

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Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God

13 “You have spoken arrogantly(A) against me,” says the Lord.

“Yet you ask,(B) ‘What have we said against you?’

14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(C) to serve(D) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(E) and going about like mourners(F) before the Lord Almighty? 15 But now we call the arrogant(G) blessed. Certainly evildoers(H) prosper,(I) and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”

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13 You who are (A)of purer eyes than to see evil
    and cannot look at wrong,
(B)why do you idly look at traitors
    and (C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
    the man more righteous than he?

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13 Your eyes are too pure(A) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(B)
Why then do you tolerate(C) the treacherous?(D)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(E)

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12 Therefore because of you
    (A)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (B)shall become a heap of ruins,
    and (C)the mountain of the house (D)a wooded height.

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12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(A)
    the temple(B) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(C)

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Then he said to me, (A)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. (B)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For (C)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’

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He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice.(A) They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’(B)

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17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O (A)son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit (B)the abominations that they commit here, that (C)they should fill the land with violence and (D)provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their[a] nose. 18 Therefore (E)I will act in wrath. (F)My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. (G)And though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

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  1. Ezekiel 8:17 Or my

17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things(A) they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence(B) and continually arouse my anger?(C) Look at them putting the branch to their nose! 18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger;(D) I will not look on them with pity(E) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen(F) to them.”

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12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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And behold, (A)the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw (B)in the valley.

Then he said to me, (C)“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of (D)the altar gate, in the entrance, was this (E)image of jealousy. And he said to me, “Son of man, (F)do you see what they are doing, (G)the great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, (H)to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

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And there before me was the glory(A) of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.(B)

Then he said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol(C) of jealousy.

And he said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the utterly detestable(D) things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary?(E) But you will see things that are even more detestable.”

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16 (A)The crown has fallen from our head;
    woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 For this (B)our heart has become sick,
    for these things (C)our eyes have grown dim,

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16 The crown(A) has fallen from our head.(B)
    Woe to us, for we have sinned!(C)
17 Because of this our hearts(D) are faint,(E)
    because of these things our eyes(F) grow dim(G)

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