Psalm 59:5
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5 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
wake up and punish those hostile nations.
Show no mercy to wicked traitors. Interlude
James 2:13
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13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.
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Romans 9:6
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6 Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people!
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Romans 2:28-29
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28 For you are not a true Jew just because you were born of Jewish parents or because you have gone through the ceremony of circumcision. 29 No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise[a] from God, not from people.
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- 2:29 Or receives praise.
Amos 9:7
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7 “Are you Israelites more important to me
than the Ethiopians?[a]” asks the Lord.
“I brought Israel out of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Crete[b]
and led the Arameans out of Kir.
Ezekiel 18:27-28
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27 And if wicked people turn from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives. 28 They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
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Jeremiah 18:23
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23 Lord, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
Don’t forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
Deal with them in your anger.
Isaiah 27:11
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11 The people are like the dead branches of a tree,
broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation,
for its people have turned away from God.
Therefore, the one who made them
will show them no pity or mercy.
Isaiah 1:10
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10 Listen to the Lord, you leaders of “Sodom.”
Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”
Psalm 84:8
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8 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.
Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude
Psalm 80:4
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4 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies,
how long will you be angry with our prayers?
Psalm 55:15
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15 Let death stalk my enemies;
let the grave[a] swallow them alive,
for evil makes its home within them.
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- 55:15 Hebrew let Sheol.
Psalm 54:3
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3 For strangers are attacking me;
violent people are trying to kill me.
They care nothing for God. Interlude
Psalm 9:15
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15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.
Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.
Psalm 7:12-13
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12 If a person does not repent,
God[a] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
13 He will prepare his deadly weapons
and shoot his flaming arrows.
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- 7:12 Hebrew he.
Exodus 20:5
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5 You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
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Exodus 3:15
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15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh,[a] the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all generations.
Genesis 33:20
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20 And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.[a]
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- 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means “God, the God of Israel.”
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