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Isaiah 56:10
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Isaiah 56:10
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10 For the leaders of my people—
the Lord’s watchmen, his shepherds—
are blind and ignorant.
They are like silent watchdogs
that give no warning when danger comes.
They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
Isaiah 56:10
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Isaiah 56:10
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Philippians 3:2
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Philippians 3:2
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2 Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.
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Philippians 3:2
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Philippians 3:2
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2 Watch out for those dogs,(A) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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10 For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep.
He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries.
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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Matthew 15:14
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Matthew 15:14
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14 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
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Matthew 15:14
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Matthew 15:14
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14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[a](A) If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”(B)
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts blind guides of the blind
Nahum 3:18
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Nahum 3:18
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18 Your shepherds are asleep, O Assyrian king;
your princes lie dead in the dust.
Your people are scattered across the mountains
with no one to gather them together.
Nahum 3:18
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Nahum 3:18
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Hosea 9:7-8
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Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The time of Israel’s punishment has come;
the day of payment is here.
Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
you say, “The prophets are crazy
and the inspired men are fools!”
8 The prophet is a watchman over Israel[a] for my God,
yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes.
He faces hostility even in the house of God.
Hosea 9:7-8
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Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The days of punishment(A) are coming,
the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
the inspired person a maniac.(E)
8 The prophet, along with my God,
is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(F) await him on all his paths,
and hostility in the house of his God.(G)
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God
Hosea 4:6
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Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are being destroyed
because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.
Hosea 4:6
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Hosea 4:6
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6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
Ezekiel 33:6
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Ezekiel 33:6
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6 But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.’
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Ezekiel 33:6
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Ezekiel 33:6
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6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(A)
Ezekiel 13:16
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Ezekiel 13:16
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16 They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!’
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Ezekiel 13:16
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Ezekiel 13:16
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16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)”’
Ezekiel 3:15-18
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Ezekiel 3:15-18
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15 Then I came to the colony of Judean exiles in Tel-abib, beside the Kebar River. I was overwhelmed and sat among them for seven days.
A Watchman for Israel
16 After seven days the Lord gave me a message. He said, 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately. 18 If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
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Ezekiel 3:15-18
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Ezekiel 3:15-18
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15 I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River.(A) And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days(B)—deeply distressed.
Ezekiel’s Task as Watchman
16 At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:(C) 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman(D) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(E) 18 When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,(F)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(G)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also in verses 19 and 20
Jeremiah 23:13-14
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Jeremiah 23:13-14
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13 “I saw that the prophets of Samaria were terribly evil,
for they prophesied in the name of Baal
and led my people of Israel into sin.
14 But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse!
They commit adultery and love dishonesty.
They encourage those who are doing evil
so that no one turns away from their sins.
These prophets are as wicked
as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”
Jeremiah 23:13-14
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Jeremiah 23:13-14
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13 “Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal(A)
and led my people Israel astray.(B)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:(C)
They commit adultery and live a lie.(D)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(E)
so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(F)
They are all like Sodom(G) to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(H)
Jeremiah 14:13-14
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Jeremiah 14:13-14
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13 Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, their prophets are telling them, ‘All is well—no war or famine will come. The Lord will surely send you peace.’”
14 Then the Lord said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
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Jeremiah 14:13-14
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Jeremiah 14:13-14
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13 But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets(A) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.(B) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace(C) in this place.’”
14 Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies(D) in my name. I have not sent(E) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,(F) divinations,(G) idolatries[a] and the delusions of their own minds.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 14:14 Or visions, worthless divinations
Isaiah 58:1
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Isaiah 58:1
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True and False Worship
58 “Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast.
Shout aloud! Don’t be timid.
Tell my people Israel[a] of their sins!
Isaiah 58:1
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Isaiah 58:1
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True Fasting
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