32 this is what the Lord says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants.(A) He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good(B) things I will do for my people, declares the Lord, because he has preached rebellion(C) against me.’”

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16 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth.(A) This very year you are going to die,(B) because you have preached rebellion(C) against the Lord.’”

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That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(A) of the desert,
    in a salt(B) land where no one lives.

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19 The officer had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(A) of the heavens, could this happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!” 20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

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30 This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,(A)
    a man who will not prosper(B) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring(C) will prosper,
    none will sit on the throne(D) of David
    or rule anymore in Judah.”

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The officer on whose arm the king was leaning(A) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(B) of the heavens, could this happen?”

“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat(C) any of it!”

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30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(B) but those who despise(C) me will be disdained.(D) 31 The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,(E) 32 and you will see distress(F) in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.(G) 33 Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants(H) will die in the prime of life.

34 “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign(I) to you—they will both die(J) on the same day.(K)

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17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“‘Your wife will become a prostitute(A) in the city,
    and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword.
Your land will be measured and divided up,
    and you yourself will die in a pagan[a] country.
And Israel will surely go into exile,(B)
    away from their native land.(C)’”

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  1. Amos 7:17 Hebrew an unclean

19 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jehonadab son of Rekab will never fail(A) to have a descendant to serve(B) me.’”

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10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years(A) are completed for Babylon, I will come to you(B) and fulfill my good promise(C) to bring you back(D) to this place. 11 For I know the plans(E) I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper(F) you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.(G) 12 Then you will call(H) on me and come and pray(I) to me, and I will listen(J) to you. 13 You will seek(K) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(L) 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back(M) from captivity.[a] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”(N)

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  1. Jeremiah 29:14 Or will restore your fortunes

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied(A) lies.’”

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22 “I will rise up(A) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(B) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(C)
declares the Lord.

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20     you will not join them in burial,(A)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring(B) of the wicked(C)
    never be mentioned(D) again.

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May his days be few;(A)
    may another take his place(B) of leadership.
May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.(C)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(D)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(E) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(F) the fruits of his labor.(G)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(H) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(I)
    their names blotted out(J) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(K) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(L) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(M) from the earth.

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  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

27 Naaman’s leprosy(A) will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi(B) went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.(C)

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24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons(A) and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.(B) 25 Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble(C) on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”

Then all Israel stoned him,(D) and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them.(E)

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27 So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.(A) Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children(B) and little ones at the entrances to their tents.(C)

28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know(D) that the Lord has sent me(E) to do all these things and that it was not my idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.(F) 30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(G) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(H) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(I)

31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart(J) 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(K) and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(L) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

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You shall not bow down to them or worship(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(C) to the third and fourth generation(D) of those who hate me,

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