Jeremiah 13:15
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Exile Threatened
15 Hear and give ear; do not be haughty,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
Isaiah 28:14-22
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14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers
who rule this people in Jerusalem.(A)
15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;(B)
16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
“See, I am laying[a] in Zion a foundation stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation:
‘One who trusts will not panic.’(C)
17 And I will make justice the line
and righteousness the plummet;
hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.(D)
18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.(E)
19 As often as it passes through, it will take you,
for morning by morning it will pass through,
by day and by night,
and it will be sheer terror to understand the message.”(F)
20 For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on it,
and the covering is too narrow to wrap oneself in it.
21 For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim;
he will rage as in the valley of Gibeon
to do his deed—strange is his deed!—
and to work his work—alien is his work!(G)
22 Now therefore do not scoff,
or your bonds will be made stronger,
for I have heard a decree of destruction
from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land.(H)
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- 28.16 Q mss Compare Syr Tg: MT he laid
Revelation 2:29
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29 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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James 4:10
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10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.(A)
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Acts 4:19-20
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19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;(A) 20 for we cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard.”(B)
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Amos 7:15
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15 and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’(A)
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Joel 1:2
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Lament over the Ruin of the Country
2 Hear this, O elders;
give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?(A)
Jeremiah 26:15
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15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”(A)
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Isaiah 42:23
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23 Who among you will give heed to this;
who will attend and listen for the time to come?
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