(A)I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and bring (B)their fears upon them,
(C)because when I called, no one answered,
    when I spoke, they did not listen;
(D)but they did what was evil in my eyes
    and chose that in which I did not delight.”

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so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.(A)
For when I called, no one answered,(B)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(C) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(D)

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12 I will destine you to the sword,
    and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
(A)because, when I called, you did not answer;
    when I spoke, you did not listen,
(B)but you did what was evil in my eyes
    and chose what I did not delight in.”

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12 I will destine you for the sword,(A)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(B)
for I called but you did not answer,(C)
    I spoke but you did not listen.(D)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(E)

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13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and (A)when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and (B)when I called you, you did not answer,

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13 While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke(A) to you again and again,(B) but you did not listen;(C) I called(D) you, but you did not answer.(E)

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24 (A)What the wicked dreads (B)will come upon him,
    but (C)the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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24 What the wicked dread(A) will overtake them;(B)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.(C)

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24 (A)Because I have called and (B)you refused to listen,
    have (C)stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

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24 But since you refuse(A) to listen when I call(B)
    and no one pays attention(C) when I stretch out my hand,

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(A)And he burned his son as an offering[a] and (B)used fortune-telling and (C)omens and dealt (D)with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 21:6 Hebrew made his son pass through the fire

He sacrificed his own son(A) in the fire, practiced divination,(B) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(D) his anger.

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And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (A)according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

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He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices(B) of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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31 therefore they shall eat (A)the fruit of their way,
    and have (B)their fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by (C)their turning away,
    and (D)the complacency of fools destroys them;

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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;(B)

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12 So I (A)gave them over to their (B)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own (C)counsels.

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12 So I gave them over(A) to their stubborn hearts
    to follow their own devices.

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10 and with all wicked deception for (A)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (B)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (C)what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned (D)who did not believe the truth but (E)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B) 11 For this reason God sends them(C) a powerful delusion(D) so that they will believe the lie(E) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(F)

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24 For (A)false christs and (B)false prophets will arise and (C)perform great signs and wonders, (D)so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

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24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders(A) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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(A)“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave (B)a wedding feast for his son, and (C)sent his servants[a] to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. (D)Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my (E)dinner, (F)my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ But (G)they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, (H)treated them shamefully, and (I)killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and (J)destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:3 Or bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10

“The kingdom of heaven is like(A) a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants(B) to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

“Then he sent some more servants(C) and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers(D) and burned their city.

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a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
(A)sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;

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a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(A)
offering sacrifices in gardens(B)
    and burning incense(C) on altars of brick;

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