Jeremiah 44:18
New King James Version
18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”
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Malachi 3:13-15
New King James Version
The People Complain Harshly
13 “Your(A) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (B)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
15 So now (C)we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are [b]raised up;
They even (D)tempt God and go free.’ ”
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong
- Malachi 3:15 Lit. built
Numbers 11:5-6
New King James Version
5 (A)We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now (B)our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”
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Jeremiah 40:12
New King James Version
12 then all the Jews (A)returned out of all places where they had been driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruit in abundance.
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Job 21:14-15
New King James Version
14 (A)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (B)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (C)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
Psalm 73:9-15
New King James Version
9 They set their mouth (A)against the heavens,
And their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return here,
(B)And waters of a full cup are drained by them.
11 And they say, (C)“How does God know?
And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who are always at ease;
They increase in riches.
13 Surely I have [a]cleansed my heart in (D)vain,
And washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I have been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:13 kept my heart pure in vain
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