Micah 6:9
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Punishment of Israel’s Injustice
9 The Lord’s voice cries to the city—
Wisdom shall see Your name:
“Hear the rod!
Who has appointed it?
Revelation 3:19
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19 (A)As many as I love, I rebuke and (B)chasten.[a] Therefore be [b]zealous and repent.
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- Revelation 3:19 discipline
- Revelation 3:19 eager
Zephaniah 3:2
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2 She has not obeyed His voice,
She has not received correction;
She has not trusted in the Lord,
She has not drawn near to her God.
Isaiah 30:27
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Judgment on Assyria
27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
Burning with His anger,
And His burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue like a devouring fire.
Isaiah 10:5-6
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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 “Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against (B)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (C)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Haggai 1:5-7
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5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Consider your ways!
6 “You have (B)sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And (C)he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!
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Micah 3:12
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12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be (A)plowed like a field,
(B)Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins,
And (C)the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the bare hills of the forest.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:12 Lit. house
Jonah 3:4-10
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4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then (A)he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the (B)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth (C)and sat in ashes. 7 (D)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his [a]nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, (E)let every one turn from his evil way and from (F)the violence that is in his hands. 9 (G)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
10 (H)Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
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- Jonah 3:7 Lit. great ones
Amos 6:1
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Warnings to Zion and Samaria
6 Woe (A)to you who are at (B)ease in Zion,
And (C)trust in Mount Samaria,
Notable persons in the (D)chief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!
Amos 4:6-12
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Israel Did Not Accept Correction
6 “Also I gave you [a]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
(A)Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
7 “I also withheld rain from you,
When there were still three months to the harvest.
I made it rain on one city,
I withheld rain from another city.
One part was rained upon,
And where it did not rain the part withered.
8 So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
9 “I(B) blasted you with blight and mildew.
When your gardens increased,
Your vineyards,
Your fig trees,
And your olive trees,
(C)The locust devoured them;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
10 “I sent among you a plague (D)after the manner of Egypt;
Your young men I killed with a sword,
Along with your captive horses;
I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
11 “I overthrew some of you,
As God overthrew (E)Sodom and Gomorrah,
And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.
12 “Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel;
Because I will do this to you,
(F)Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
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- Amos 4:6 Hunger
Amos 3:8-15
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8 A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
(A)Who can but prophesy?
Punishment of Israel’s Sins
9 “Proclaim in the palaces at [a]Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the [b]oppressed within her.
10 For they (B)do not know to do right,’
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and [c]robbery in their palaces.’ ”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord:
“As a shepherd [d]takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and [e]on the edge of a couch!
13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of (C)Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
15 I will [f]destroy (D)the winter house along with (E)the summer house;
The (F)houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.
Amos 2:5
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5 (A)But I will send a fire upon Judah,
And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
Joel 2:11-18
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11 (A)The Lord gives voice before His army,
For His camp is very great;
(B)For strong is the One who executes His word.
For the (C)day of the Lord is great and very terrible;
(D)Who can endure it?
A Call to Repentance
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(E)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So (F)rend your heart, and not (G)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (H)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
14 (I)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (J)a blessing behind Him—
(K)A grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?
15 (L)Blow the [a]trumpet in Zion,
(M)Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people,
(N)Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
(O)Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
Weep (P)between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, (Q)“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should [b]rule over them.
(R)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
The Land Refreshed(S)
18 Then the Lord will (T)be zealous for His land,
And pity His people.
Hosea 14:9
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9 Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For (A)the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.
Hosea 13:16
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16 Samaria [a]is held guilty,
For she has (A)rebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child (B)ripped open.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:16 LXX shall be disfigured
Lamentations 3:39-42
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40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
41 (C)Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
42 (D)We have transgressed and rebelled;
You have not pardoned.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:39 Or murmur
Jeremiah 37:8-10
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8 (A)And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire.” ’ 9 Thus says the Lord: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us,” for they will not depart. 10 (B)For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”
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Jeremiah 26:18
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18 (A)“Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(B)“Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become (C)heaps of ruins,
And the mountain of the [a]temple
Like the [b]bare hills of the forest.” ’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. house
- Jeremiah 26:18 Lit. high places
Jeremiah 26:6
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6 then I will make this house like (A)Shiloh, and will make this city (B)a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”
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Jeremiah 19:11-13
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11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be [a]made whole again; and they shall (B)bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury. 12 Thus I will do to this place,” says the Lord, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet. 13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled (C)like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose (D)roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and (E)poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”
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- Jeremiah 19:11 restored
Jeremiah 14:18-22
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18 If I go out to (A)the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and (B)priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”
The People Plead for Mercy
19 (C)Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that (D)there is no healing for us?
(E)We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
And the iniquity of our (F)fathers,
For (G)we have sinned against You.
21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
(H)Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
22 (I)Are there any among (J)the idols of the nations that can cause (K)rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
(L)Are You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.
Isaiah 66:6
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6 The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the Lord,
Who fully repays His enemies!
Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [a]he said, “What shall I cry?”
(A)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (B)the word of our God stands forever.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
Isaiah 32:13-14
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13 (A)On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in (B)the joyous city;
14 (C)Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
Isaiah 27:10
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10 Yet the fortified city will be (A)desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
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