(A)For they are a rebellious people,
    lying children,
children unwilling to hear
    the instruction of the Lord;

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For these are rebellious(A) people, deceitful(B) children,
    children unwilling to listen to the Lord’s instruction.(C)

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Do Not Go Down to Egypt

30 “Ah, (A)stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
(B)“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make (C)an alliance,[a] but not of my Spirit,
    that they may add sin to sin;

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  1. Isaiah 30:1 Hebrew who weave a web

Woe to the Obstinate Nation

30 “Woe(A) to the obstinate children,”(B)
    declares the Lord,
“to those who carry out plans that are not mine,
    forming an alliance,(C) but not by my Spirit,
    heaping sin upon sin;

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(A)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, (B)their portion will be in (C)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is (D)the second death.”

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But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.(B) This is the second death.”(C)

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If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
    even his (A)prayer is an abomination.

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If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.(A)

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15 (A)Outside are (B)the dogs (C)and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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15 Outside(A) are the dogs,(B) those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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21 (A)you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you (B)rob temples? 23 You who (C)boast in the law (D)dishonor God by breaking the law.

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21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(A) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(B) 23 You who boast in the law,(C) do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

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51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (C)As your fathers did, so do you.

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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!

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31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are (A)sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 (B)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, (C)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (D)hell?

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31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.(A) 32 Go ahead, then, and complete(B) what your ancestors started!(C)

33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(D) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(E)

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11 But (A)they refused to pay attention (B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.[a] 12 (C)They made their hearts diamond-hard (D)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent (E)by his Spirit through (F)the former prophets. (G)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.

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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(D) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(E) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(F)

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(A)Do not be like your fathers, (B)to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, (C)Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But (D)they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. Your fathers, where are they? And (E)the prophets, do they live forever? (F)But my words and my statutes, which I commanded (G)my servants the prophets, did they not (H)overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, (I)‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for (J)our ways and (K)deeds, so has he dealt with us.’”

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Do not be like your ancestors,(A) to whom the earlier prophets(B) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways(C) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,(D) declares the Lord.(E) Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not my words(F) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?(G)

“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,(H) just as he determined to do.’”(I)

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She listens to no voice;
    (A)she accepts no correction.
(B)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

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She obeys(A) no one,
    she accepts no correction.(B)
She does not trust(C) in the Lord,
    she does not draw near(D) to her God.

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(A)there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
    they break all bounds, and (B)bloodshed follows bloodshed.

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There is only cursing,[a] lying(A) and murder,(B)
    stealing(C) and adultery;(D)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(E)

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  1. Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day (A)they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them, because of the evil that they committed, (B)provoking me to anger, (C)in that they went to make offerings (D)and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. (E)Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ (F)But they did not listen (G)or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods. (H)Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, (I)and they became a waste and a desolation, as at this day. And now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil (J)against yourselves, to cut off from you (K)man and woman, (L)infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant? (M)Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, (N)making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become (O)a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth? Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, (P)the evil of the kings of Judah, (Q)the evil of their[a] wives, your own evil, (R)and the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not humbled themselves even to this day, (S)nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.

11 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (T)Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah. 12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have (U)set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. (V)In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine (W)they shall be consumed. (X)From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, (Y)and they shall become an oath, a horror, (Z)a curse, and a taunt. 13 (AA)I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, 14 (AB)so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive (AC)or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, (AD)except some fugitives.”

15 Then all the men who knew that (AE)their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in (AF)Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: 16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (AG)we will not listen to you. 17 (AH)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to (AI)the queen of heaven (AJ)and pour out drink offerings to her, (AK)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.

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  1. Jeremiah 44:9 Hebrew his

“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster(A) I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah.(B) Today they lie deserted and in ruins(C) because of the evil(D) they have done. They aroused my anger(E) by burning incense(F) to and worshiping other gods(G) that neither they nor you nor your ancestors(H) ever knew. Again and again(I) I sent my servants the prophets,(J) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable(K) thing that I hate!’ But they did not listen or pay attention;(L) they did not turn from their wickedness(M) or stop burning incense(N) to other gods.(O) Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out;(P) it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins(Q) they are today.

“Now this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster(R) on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women,(S) the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant?(T) Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,(U) burning incense(V) to other gods in Egypt,(W) where you have come to live?(X) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[a] and an object of reproach(Y) among all the nations on earth. Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your ancestors(Z) and by the kings(AA) and queens(AB) of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives(AC) in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem?(AD) 10 To this day they have not humbled(AE) themselves or shown reverence,(AF) nor have they followed my law(AG) and the decrees(AH) I set before you and your ancestors.(AI)

11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,(AJ) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster(AK) on you and to destroy all Judah. 12 I will take away the remnant(AL) of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest,(AM) they will die by sword or famine.(AN) They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.(AO) 13 I will punish(AP) those who live in Egypt with the sword,(AQ) famine and plague,(AR) as I punished Jerusalem. 14 None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives.”(AS)

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives(AT) were burning incense(AU) to other gods, along with all the women(AV) who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt,(AW) said to Jeremiah, 16 “We will not listen(AX) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(AY) 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(AZ) We will burn incense(BA) to the Queen of Heaven(BB) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(BC) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(BD) At that time we had plenty of food(BE) and were well off and suffered no harm.(BF)

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  1. Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.