Isaiah 65:12
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12 Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
(A)Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
Jeremiah 7:13
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13 And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, (A)rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I (B)called you, but you did not answer,
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2 Chronicles 36:15-16
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)
15 (B)And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But (C)they mocked the messengers of God, (D)despised His words, and (E)scoffed at His prophets, until the (F)wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
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Matthew 21:34-43
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34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. 35 (A)And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 Then last of all he sent his (B)son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, (C)‘This is the heir. (D)Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 (E)So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
41 (F)They said to Him, (G)“He will destroy those wicked men miserably, (H)and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will [a]render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
(I)‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 “Therefore I say to you, (J)the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
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- Matthew 21:41 give
Zechariah 7:11-13
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11 “But they refused to heed, (A)shrugged[a] their shoulders, and (B)stopped[b] their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their (C)hearts like flint, (D)refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. (E)Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts. 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so (F)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts.
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- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy
Isaiah 50:2
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2 Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My (A)rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.
John 1:11
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11 (A)He came to His [a]own, and His [b]own did not receive Him.
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Matthew 22:7
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7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out (A)his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
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Matthew 22:3
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3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come.
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Zechariah 7:7
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7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the (A)former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and (B)the [a]South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”
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- Zechariah 7:7 Heb. Negev
Zephaniah 1:4-6
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4 “I will stretch out My hand against Judah,
And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[a]I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place,
The names of the (A)idolatrous[b] priests with the pagan priests—
5 Those (B)who worship the host of heaven on the housetops;
Those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord,
But who also swear (C)by [c]Milcom;
6 (D)Those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And (E)have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”
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- Zephaniah 1:4 Fulfilled in 2 Kin. 23:4, 5
- Zephaniah 1:4 Heb. chemarim
- Zephaniah 1:5 Or Malcam, an Ammonite god, 1 Kin. 11:5; Jer. 49:1; Molech, Lev. 18:21
Ezekiel 14:17-21
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17 “Or if (A)I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I (B)cut off man and beast from it, 18 even (C)though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.
19 “Or if I send (D)a pestilence into that land and (E)pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20 even (F)though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”
21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (G)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
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- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil
Jeremiah 34:17
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17 “Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. (A)Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the Lord—(B)‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to (C)trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Jeremiah 18:21
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21 Therefore (A)deliver up their children to the famine,
And pour out their blood
By the force of the sword;
Let their wives become widows
And (B)bereaved of their children.
Let their men be put to death,
Their young men be slain
By the sword in battle.
Jeremiah 16:17
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17 For My (A)eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.
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Isaiah 66:3-4
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3 “He(A) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he (B)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,
4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
(C)Because, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
Isaiah 65:3
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3 A people (A)who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;
(B)Who sacrifice in gardens,
And burn incense on altars of brick;
Isaiah 41:28
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28 (A)For I looked, and there was no man;
I looked among them, but there was no counselor,
Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Isaiah 27:1
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Israel Will Be Restored
27 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
(A)Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay (B)the reptile that is in the sea.
Isaiah 10:4
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(B)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit. under
Isaiah 3:25
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25 Your men shall fall by the sword,
And your [a]mighty in the war.
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- Isaiah 3:25 Lit. strength
Isaiah 1:16
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16 “Wash(A) yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
(B)Cease to do evil,
Proverbs 1:24-33
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24 (A)Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you (B)disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
26 (C)I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When (D)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then(E) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they (F)hated knowledge
And did not (G)choose the fear of the Lord,
30 (H)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore (I)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the [a]turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell (J)safely,
And (K)will be [b]secure, without fear of evil.”
Footnotes
- Proverbs 1:32 waywardness
- Proverbs 1:33 at ease
Deuteronomy 32:25
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25 The sword shall destroy outside;
There shall be terror within
For the young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
Leviticus 26:25
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25 And (A)I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant;
when you are gathered together within your cities (B)I will send pestilence among you;
and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
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