Isaiah 24:5
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5 The earth lies (A)defiled
under its inhabitants;
for (B)they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
Hebrews 13:20
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Benediction
20 Now (A)may the God of peace (B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, (C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by (D)the blood of the eternal covenant,
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Romans 8:20-21
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20 For the creation (A)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but (B)because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that (C)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
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Hebrews 9:1
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The Earthly Holy Place
9 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and (A)an earthly place of holiness.
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Daniel 7:25
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25 (A)He shall speak words against the Most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the Most High,
and shall think to (B)change the times and the law;
and they shall be given into his hand
for (C)a time, times, and half a time.
Numbers 35:33-34
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33 You shall not (A)pollute the land in which you live, for blood (B)pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except (C)by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 (D)You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, (E)for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.”
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Luke 1:6
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6 And they were both (A)righteous before God, walking (B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:2-5
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 (A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (B)earth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (C)have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox (D)knows its owner,
and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (E)not know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
(F)offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have (G)despised (H)the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly (I)estranged.
5 Why will you still be (J)struck down?
Why will you (K)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
Genesis 3:17-18
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17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(A)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(B)cursed is the ground because of you;
(C)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Mark 7:7-9
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7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of (B)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!
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Micah 2:10
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10 (A)Arise and go,
for this is no (B)place to rest,
because of (C)uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
Daniel 9:10
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10 (A)and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by (B)his servants the prophets.
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Ezekiel 22:24-31
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24 “Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is (A)not cleansed (B)or rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 (C)The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is (D)like a roaring lion (E)tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 (F)Her priests (G)have done violence to my law and (H)have profaned my holy things. (I)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and (J)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, (K)so that I am profaned among them. 27 (L)Her princes in her midst are like wolves (M)tearing the prey, (N)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And (O)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, (P)seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken. 29 The people of the land (Q)have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and (R)have extorted from the sojourner without justice. 30 (S)And I sought for a man among them (T)who should build up the wall (U)and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. 31 Therefore (V)I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned (W)their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”
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Ezekiel 20:24
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24 because they had not obeyed my rules, but had rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, (A)and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols.
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Ezekiel 20:13
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13 (A)But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. (B)They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; (C)and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned.
(D)“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.
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Ezekiel 7:20-24
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20 (A)His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and (B)they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore (C)I make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of (D)foreigners for prey, (E)and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and (F)they shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and (G)they shall profane my treasured[a] place. Robbers shall enter (H)and profane it.
23 (I)“Forge a chain![b] (J)For the land is full of bloody crimes (K)and the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring (L)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. (M)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, (N)and their holy places[c] shall be profaned.
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- Ezekiel 7:22 Or secret
- Ezekiel 7:23 Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
- Ezekiel 7:24 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them
Jeremiah 50:5
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5 (A)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (B)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (C)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’
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Jeremiah 3:1-2
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3 (A)“If[a] a man divorces his wife
and she goes from him
and becomes another man's wife,
will he return to her?
(B)Would not that land be greatly polluted?
(C)You have played the whore with many lovers;
and would you return to me?
declares the Lord.
2 Lift up your eyes to (D)the bare heights, and see!
Where have you not been ravished?
(E)By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
like an Arab in the wilderness.
(F)You have polluted the land
with your vile whoredom.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:1 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew Saying, “If
Isaiah 59:12-15
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12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:
13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
(A)speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Judgment and Redemption
14 (B)Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him[a]
that there was no justice.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes
Isaiah 59:1-3
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Evil and Oppression
59 Behold, (A)the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 (B)but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
3 (C)For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
Isaiah 50:1
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Israel's Sin and the Servant's Obedience
50 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is (A)your mother's certificate of divorce,
with which (B)I sent her away?
Or (C)which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
(D)Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Isaiah 10:6
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6 Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Psalm 106:36-39
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36 They served their idols,
which became (A)a snare to them.
37 They (B)sacrificed their sons
and their daughters to (C)the demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was (D)polluted with blood.
39 Thus they (E)became unclean by their acts,
and (F)played the whore in their deeds.
Psalm 105:10
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10 which he confirmed to (A)Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
Psalm 55:5
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