19 (A)Your evil will chastise you,
    and (B)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (C)bitter
    for (D)you to forsake the Lord your God;
    the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

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19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(A) will rebuke(B) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(C) it is for you
when you forsake(D) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(E) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin (A)like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    (B)For they have brought evil on themselves.

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The look on their faces testifies(A) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(B)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(C) upon themselves.

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18 Your ways and your deeds
    have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and (A)it is bitter;
    it has reached your very heart.”

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18 “Your own conduct and actions(A)
    have brought this on you.(B)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(C) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

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17 (A)Have you not brought this upon yourself
    by forsaking the Lord your God,
    when (B)he led you in the way?

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17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
    by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?

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(A)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[a]
    Israel and (B)Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt;
    (C)Judah also shall stumble with them.

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  1. Hosea 5:5 Or in his presence

Israel’s arrogance testifies(A) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(B) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(C)

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How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the (A)servant of the Lord.

36 Transgression speaks to the wicked
    deep in his heart;[a]
(B)there is no fear of God
    before his eyes.

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  1. Psalm 36:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart

Psalm 36[a]

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.

I have a message from God in my heart
    concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:[b](A)
There is no fear(B) of God
    before their eyes.(C)

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  1. Psalm 36:1 In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.
  2. Psalm 36:1 Or A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.

10 (A)I will turn your feasts into mourning
    and all your songs into lamentation;
(B)I will bring sackcloth on every waist
    (C)and baldness on every head;
(D)I will make it like the mourning for an only son
    and the end of it like a bitter day.

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10 I will turn your religious festivals(A) into mourning
    and all your singing into weeping.(B)
I will make all of you wear sackcloth(C)
    and shave(D) your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son(E)
    and the end of it like a bitter day.(F)

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My people are bent (A)on turning away from me,
    and though (B)they call out to the Most High,
    he shall not raise them up at all.

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My people are determined to turn(A) from me.(B)
    Even though they call me God Most High,
    I will by no means exalt them.

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Therefore (A)a lion from the forest shall strike them down;
    a (B)wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
(C)A leopard is watching their cities;
    everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
    their (D)apostasies are great.

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Therefore a lion from the forest(A) will attack them,
    a wolf from the desert will ravage(B) them,
a leopard(C) will lie in wait near their towns
    to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
    and their backslidings many.(D)

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18     (A)“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 3:18 Psalm 36:1

11 But (A)they refused to pay attention (B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.[a]

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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C)

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A Plea to Return to the Lord

14 (A)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
    for (B)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

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Repentance to Bring Blessing

14 [a]Return,(A) Israel, to the Lord your God.
    Your sins(B) have been your downfall!(C)

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  1. Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.

Why then has this people (A)turned away
    in perpetual (B)backsliding?
(C)They hold fast to deceit;
    they refuse to return.

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Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(A)
    they refuse to return.(B)

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