(A)But my words and my statutes, which I commanded (B)my servants the prophets, did they not (C)overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, (D)‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for (E)our ways and (F)deeds, so has he dealt with us.’”

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17 The Lord has done what he purposed;
    he has carried out (A)his word,
which he commanded (B)long ago;
    (C)he has thrown down (D)without pity;
(E)he has made the enemy rejoice over you
    and exalted the (F)might of your foes.

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25 For I am the Lord; I will speak (A)the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. (B)It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, (C)O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God.”

26 And the word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, (D)‘The vision that he sees is (E)for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: (F)None of my words will be delayed any longer, (G)but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God.”

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Curses for Disobedience

15 “But (A)if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and (B)overtake you.

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20 (A)The anger of the Lord will not turn back
    until he has executed and (B)accomplished
    the intents of his heart.
(C)In the latter days you will understand it clearly.

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10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
    who say, (A)‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

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11 (A)All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, (B)refusing to obey your voice. (C)And the curse and oath (D)that are written in the Law of (E)Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because (F)we have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against (G)our rulers who ruled us,[a] by (H)bringing upon us a great calamity. (I)For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:12 Or our judges who judged us

28 (A)And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, (B)few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, (C)shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.

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19 (A)God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

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But you (A)are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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18 Then once more you shall (A)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

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15 Every evil of theirs is in (A)Gilgal;
    there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
    all (B)their princes are (C)rebels.

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Therefore (A)I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
    and (B)I will build a wall against her,
    so that she cannot find her paths.
She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
(C)Then she shall say,
    ‘I will go and return to (D)my first husband,
    (E)for it was better for me then than now.’
And (F)she did not know
    that it was (G)I who gave her
    (H)the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished on (I)her silver and gold,
    (J)which they used for Baal.
Therefore (K)I will take back
    my grain in its time,
    and my wine in its season,
and (L)I will take away my wool and my flax,
    which were to cover her nakedness.
10 Now (M)I will uncover her lewdness
    in the sight of her lovers,
    and no one shall rescue her out of my hand.
11 (N)And I will put an end to all her mirth,
    her feasts, her (O)new moons, her (P)Sabbaths,
    and all her (Q)appointed feasts.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:6 Hebrew your

11 Then he said to me, (A)“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and (B)our hope is lost; (C)we are indeed cut off.’

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43 (A)And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, (B)and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.

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11 (A)The Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
    he poured out his hot anger,
and (B)he kindled a fire in Zion
    that consumed its foundations.

12 (C)The kings of the earth did not believe,
    nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
    the gates of Jerusalem.

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18 (A)“The Lord is in the right,
    (B)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
(C)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

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15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, (A)you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

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and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, (A)turns from its evil, (B)I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will (C)build and plant it, 10 and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it. 11 Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. (D)Return, every one from his evil way, and (E)amend your ways and your deeds.’

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16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, (A)to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, (B)then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. 17 (C)But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord.”

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(A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
    remove the foreskin of your hearts,
    O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(B)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
    and burn with none to quench it,
    (C)because of the evil of your deeds.”

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The Compassion of the Lord

55 (A)“Come, everyone who thirsts,
    come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
    (B)come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
    without money and without price.

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26 (A)who confirms the word of his servant
    and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
    (B)and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
    and I will raise up their ruins’;

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For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah has fallen,
because their (A)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
    (B)defying his glorious presence.[a]

For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
    they proclaim their sin (C)like Sodom;
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    (D)For they have brought evil on themselves.
10 (E)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    (F)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (G)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory

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