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12 For the one who does this, may the Lord cut off any witness[a] or advocate from the tents of Jacob or anyone who could bring an offering to the Lord of hosts.(A)

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  1. 2.12 Q ms Compare Gk: MT arouse

20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the brand of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

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13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived.(A)

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14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.[a] And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”(A)

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  1. 15.14 Other ancient authorities lack of the blind

The Covenant Profaned by Judah

10 Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?(A)

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10 Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple[a] doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.(A)

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  1. 1.10 Heb lacks temple

And the Lord will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over that of Judah.(A)

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22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
    I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
    I will not look upon.(A)

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Yet let no one contend,
    and let none accuse,
    for with you is my contention, O priest.[a](A)
You shall stumble by day;
    the prophet also shall stumble with you by night,
    and I will destroy your mother.(B)

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  1. 4.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

21 Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and your heart’s desire, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.(A)

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10 And they shall bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer and the punishment of the prophet shall be the same—

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Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human,
    whoever sacrifices a lamb like one who breaks a dog’s neck,
whoever presents a grain offering like one who offers pig’s blood,
    whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense like one who blesses an idol.
Just as these have chosen their own ways
    and in their abominations they take delight,(A)

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For I, the Lord, love justice,
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing;[a]
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
    and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.(A)

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  1. 61.8 Or robbery with a burnt offering

Impending Judgment on the Earth

24 Now the Lord is about to lay waste the earth and make it desolate,
    and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.(A)
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
    as with the male slave, so with his master;
    as with the female slave, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller;
    as with the lender, so with the borrower;
    as with the creditor, so with the debtor.(B)

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14 So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,
    palm branch and reed in one day—(A)
15 elders and dignitaries are the head,
    and prophets who teach lies are the tail,(B)
16 for those who led this people led them astray,
    and those who were led by them were left in confusion.(C)

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28 And one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of the high priest Eliashib, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; I chased him away from me.(A) 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priests and the Levites.(B)

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18 There were found of the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women, of the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They pledged themselves to send away their wives, and their guilt offering was a ram of the flock for their guilt.(A)

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And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.(A)

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22 And Samuel said,

“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
    as in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice
    and to heed than the fat of rams.(A)
23 For rebellion is no less a sin than divination,
    and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
    he has also rejected you from being king.”(B)

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14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering forever.”(A)

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31 See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family.[a](A) 32 No one in your family shall ever live to old age.(B) 33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his[b] eyes and grieve his[c] heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword.[d] 34 The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.(C)

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  1. 2.31–32 Q ms Gk: MT adds so that no one in your family will live to old age. Then in a distressed place you will look upon all the prosperity of Israel. No one
  2. 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
  3. 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT your
  4. 2.33 Q ms Gk: MT die like mortals

12 For if you turn back and join the survivors of these nations left here among you and intermarry with them, so that you marry their women and they yours,(A) 13 know assuredly that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.(B)

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How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
    your encampments, O Israel!

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30 But whoever acts high-handedly, whether native-born or an alien, affronts the Lord and shall be cut off from among the people. 31 Because of having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, such a person shall be utterly cut off and bear the guilt.”(A)

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I myself will set my face against them and will cut them off from the people, because they have given of their offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.(A)

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