Isaiah 65:7
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7 both for their own sins
and for those of their ancestors,”
says the Lord.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
I will pay them back in full!
Isaiah 57:7
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7 You have committed adultery on every high mountain.
There you have worshiped idols
and have been unfaithful to me.
Exodus 20:5
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5 You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
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Ezekiel 20:27-28
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Judgment and Restoration
27 “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me, 28 for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.
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Jeremiah 13:25
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25 This is your allotment,
the portion I have assigned to you,”
says the Lord,
“for you have forgotten me,
putting your trust in false gods.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
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16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
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Matthew 23:31-36
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31 “But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started. 33 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
34 “Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city. 35 As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.
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Daniel 9:8
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8 O Lord, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
Ezekiel 18:6
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6 He does not feast in the mountains before Israel’s idols[a] or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.
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Jeremiah 7:19-20
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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.”
20 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”
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Jeremiah 5:29
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29 Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
Jeremiah 5:9
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9 Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
Isaiah 65:6
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6 “Look, my decree is written out[a] in front of me:
I will not stand silent;
I will repay them in full!
Yes, I will repay them—
Footnotes
- 65:6 Or their sins are written out; Hebrew reads it stands written.
Isaiah 22:14
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14 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Psalm 106:6-7
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6 Like our ancestors, we have sinned.
We have done wrong! We have acted wickedly!
7 Our ancestors in Egypt
were not impressed by the Lord’s miraculous deeds.
They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.
Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.[a]
Footnotes
- 106:7 Hebrew at the sea, the sea of reeds.
2 Kings 16:4
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4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.
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2 Kings 15:35
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35 But he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there. He rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the Lord.
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2 Kings 14:4
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4 Amaziah did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
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2 Kings 12:3
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3 Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
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1 Kings 22:43
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43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight. [a]During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
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- 22:43 Verses 22:43b-53 are numbered 22:44-54 in Hebrew text.
Numbers 32:14
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14 But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.
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Leviticus 26:39
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39 Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
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