Micah 6:2
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2 Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.(A)
Hosea 12:2
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The Long History of Rebellion
2 The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.(A)
Hosea 4:1
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God Accuses Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel,
for the Lord has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or loyalty
and no knowledge of God in the land.(A)
Isaiah 1:18
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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(A)
Psalm 104:5
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5 You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.(A)
2 Samuel 22:16
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16 Then the channels of the sea were seen;
the foundations of the world were laid bare
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:22
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22 For a fire is kindled by my anger
and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the earth and its increase
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.(A)
Ezekiel 20:35-36
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35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.(A) 36 As I entered into judgment with your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, says the Lord God.(B)
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Jeremiah 31:37
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37 Thus says the Lord:
If the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
then I will reject all the offspring of Israel
because of all they have done,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 25:31
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31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against the nations;
he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the guilty he will put to the sword,
says the Lord.(A)
Jeremiah 2:29-35
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29 Why do you complain against me?
You have all rebelled against me,
says the Lord.(A)
30 In vain I have struck down your children;
they accepted no correction.
Your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.(B)
31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord![a]
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, “We are free;
we will come to you no more”?(C)
32 Can a young woman forget her ornaments
or a bride her attire?
Yet my people have forgotten me,
days without number.(D)
33 How well you direct your course
to seek lovers!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.
34 Also on your skirts is found
the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things[b](E)
35 you say, “I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.”
Now I am bringing you to judgment
for saying, “I have not sinned.”(F)
Jeremiah 2:9
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9 Therefore once more I accuse you,
says the Lord,
and I accuse your children’s children.(A)
Isaiah 43:26
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26 Accuse me; let us go to trial;
set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.(A)
Isaiah 5:3
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3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem
and people of Judah,
judge between me
and my vineyard.(A)
Proverbs 8:29
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29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(A)
2 Samuel 22:8
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8 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations of the heavens trembled
and reeled because he was angry.(A)
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