The sorrows of those who run after[a] another god shall multiply;
    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
    or (A)take their names on my lips.

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  1. Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire

Those who run after other gods(A) will suffer(B) more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names(C) on my lips.

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13 (A)“Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.

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13 “Be careful(A) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(B) do not let them be heard on your lips.(C)

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(A)that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you (B)or make mention of the names of their gods (C)or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them,

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Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down(B) to them.

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All worshipers of images are (A)put to shame,
    who make their boast in (B)worthless idols;
    (C)worship him, all you gods!

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All who worship images(A) are put to shame,(B)
    those who boast in idols(C)
    worship him,(D) all you gods!(E)

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10 (A)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds the one who (B)trusts in the Lord.

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10 Many are the woes of the wicked,(A)
    but the Lord’s unfailing love
    surrounds the one who trusts(B) in him.

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(A)Those who pay regard to vain idols
    (B)forsake their hope of steadfast love.

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“Those who cling to worthless idols(A)
    turn away from God’s love for them.

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Among the smooth stones of (A)the valley is your portion;
    they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a grain offering.
    Shall I relent for these things?

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The idols(A) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings(B)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?(C)

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37 They (A)sacrificed their sons
    and their daughters to (B)the demons;
38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was (C)polluted with blood.

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37 They sacrificed their sons(A)
    and their daughters to false gods.(B)
38 They shed innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons(C) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was desecrated by their blood.

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

(A)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;
for (B)her sins are heaped high as heaven,
    and (C)God has remembered her iniquities.

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Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

“‘Come out of her, my people,’[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;(B)
for her sins are piled up to heaven,(C)
    and God has remembered(D) her crimes.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 18:4 Jer. 51:45

16 “And (A)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17 For (B)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.

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16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;(A)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.[a]
17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips;(B)
    no longer will their names be invoked.(C)

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  1. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal

(A)“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;
    he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers (B)pig's blood;
    he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
(C)These have chosen their own ways,
    and their soul delights in their abominations;

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But whoever sacrifices a bull(A)
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s(B) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(C)
    is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(D)
    and they delight in their abominations;(E)

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11 But (A)you who forsake the Lord,
    who forget (B)my holy mountain,
who (C)set a table for Fortune
    and (D)fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,

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11 “But as for you who forsake(A) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,(B)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine(C) for Destiny,

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13 (A)And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah[a] of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, (B)and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:13 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
  2. Leviticus 23:13 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters

13 together with its grain offering(A) of two-tenths of an ephah[a](B) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering(C) of a quarter of a hin[b] of wine.(D)

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  1. Leviticus 23:13 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verse 17
  2. Leviticus 23:13 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter