Zephaniah 1:12
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12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the people
who settle like dregs in wine,
those who say in their hearts,
“The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do harm.”(A)
Amos 6:1
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Complacent Self-Indulgence Will Be Punished
6 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
the notables of the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel resorts!(A)
Jeremiah 48:11
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11 Moab has been at ease from his youth,
settled like wine[a] on its dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
therefore his flavor has remained,
and his aroma is unspoiled.(A)
Footnotes
- 48.11 Heb lacks like wine
Ezekiel 8:12
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12 Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
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Malachi 3:14-15
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14 You have said, “It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?(A) 15 Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”(B)
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Ezekiel 9:9
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9 He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of perversity, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’(A)
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Psalm 94:7
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7 and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”(A)
Amos 9:1-3
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The Destruction of Israel
9 I saw the Lord standing beside[a] the altar, and he said:
Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake
and shatter them on the heads of all the people,[b]
and those who are left I will kill with the sword;
not one of them shall flee away,
not one of them shall escape.(A)
2 Though they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
though they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.(B)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,
from there I will search out and take them;
and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.(C)
Jeremiah 16:16-17
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16 I am now sending for many fishermen, says the Lord, and they shall catch them, and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.(A) 17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my presence, nor is their iniquity concealed from my sight.(B)
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Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.(A)
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2 Peter 3:4
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4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our ancestors died,[a] all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation!”(A)
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- 3.4 Gk our fathers fell asleep
Obadiah 6
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6 How Esau has been pillaged,
his treasures searched out!
Jeremiah 10:5
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5 Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.(A)
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- 10.5 Heb They
Isaiah 5:19
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19 who say, “Let him make haste;
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment,
that we may know it!”(A)
Psalm 14:1
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Psalm 14
Denunciation of Godlessness
To the leader. Of David.
1 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;
there is no one who does good.(A)
Psalm 10:11-13
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11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten;
he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”(A)
12 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed.(B)
13 Why do the wicked renounce God
and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?
Job 21:15
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15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(A)
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- 21.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
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