Isaiah 1:4
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4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
Isaiah 5:24
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24 Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 2:17
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17 And you have brought this upon yourselves
by rebelling against the Lord your God,
even though he was leading you on the way!
Jeremiah 2:13
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13 “For my people have done two evil things:
They have abandoned me—
the fountain of living water.
And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns
that can hold no water at all!
Romans 8:7
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7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
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Acts 7:51-52
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51 “You stubborn people! You are heathen[a] at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! 52 Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.
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- 7:51 Greek uncircumcised.
Matthew 3:7
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7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize,[a] he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
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- 3:7 Or coming to be baptized.
Jeremiah 7:19
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19 Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the Lord. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”
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Jeremiah 2:19
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19 Your wickedness will bring its own punishment.
Your turning from me will shame you.
You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is
to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him.
I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!
Isaiah 5:19
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19 They even mock God and say,
“Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is.”
Colossians 1:24
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Paul’s Work for the Church
24 I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.
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1 Corinthians 10:22
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22 What? Do we dare to rouse the Lord’s jealousy? Do you think we are stronger than he is?
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Matthew 23:33
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33 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
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Matthew 11:28
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28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
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Ezekiel 16:33
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33 Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.
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Jeremiah 51:5
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5 For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has not abandoned Israel and Judah.
He is still their God,
even though their land was filled with sin
against the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 50:29
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29 “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 16:11-12
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11 “Then you will give them the Lord’s reply: ‘It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word. 12 And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.
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Jeremiah 7:26
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26 But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful—even worse than their ancestors.
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Jeremiah 2:33
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33 “How you plot and scheme to win your lovers.
Even an experienced prostitute could learn from you!
Jeremiah 2:31
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31 “O my people, listen to the words of the Lord!
Have I been like a desert to Israel?
Have I been to them a land of darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God!
We don’t need him anymore!’
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
“What did your ancestors find wrong with me
that led them to stray so far from me?
They worshiped worthless idols,
only to become worthless themselves.
Isaiah 65:3
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3 All day long they insult me to my face
by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens.
They burn incense on pagan altars.
Isaiah 57:3-4
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Idolatrous Worship Condemned
3 “But you—come here, you witches’ children,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
4 Whom do you mock,
making faces and sticking out your tongues?
You children of sinners and liars!
Isaiah 41:20
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20 I am doing this so all who see this miracle
will understand what it means—
that it is the Lord who has done this,
the Holy One of Israel who created it.
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