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Hosea 7:10
Their arrogance testifies against them, yet they don’t return to the Lord their God or even try to find him.
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Ezekiel 23:31-35
Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.“ Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:“ You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.Drunkenness and anguish will fill you, for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation, the same cup your sister Samaria drank.You will drain that cup of terror to the very bottom. Then you will smash it to pieces and beat your breast in anguish. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!“ And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
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Amos 5:2
“ The virgin Israel has fallen, never to rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, with no one to help her up.”
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2 Kings 17 19-2 Kings 17 20
But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the Lord their God, for they followed the evil practices that Israel had introduced.The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until he had banished Israel from his presence.
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Luke 19:22
“‘ You wicked servant!’ the king roared.‘ Your own words condemn you. If you knew that I’m a hard man who takes what isn’t mine and harvests crops I didn’t plant,
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Isaiah 44:9
How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame.
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Hosea 5:14
I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them.
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Proverbs 14:32
The wicked are crushed by disaster, but the godly have a refuge when they die.
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Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.
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Hosea 4:5
So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night. And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
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Proverbs 30:13
They look proudly around, casting disdainful glances.
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Amos 2:4-5
This is what the Lord says:“ The people of Judah have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They have rejected the instruction of the Lord, refusing to obey his decrees. They have been led astray by the same lies that deceived their ancestors.So I will send down fire on Judah, and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will be destroyed.”
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Proverbs 11:5
The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.
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Hosea 8:14
Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.”
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Isaiah 59:12
For our sins are piled up before God and testify against us. Yes, we know what sinners we are.
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Proverbs 11:21
Evil people will surely be punished, but the children of the godly will go free.
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Isaiah 28:1-3
What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel. It sits at the head of a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. It is the pride of a people brought down by wine.For the Lord will send a mighty army against it. Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain, they will burst upon it like a surging flood and smash it to the ground.The proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel— will be trampled beneath its enemies’ feet.
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Isaiah 3:9
The very look on their faces gives them away. They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it. They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.
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Proverbs 24:16
The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.
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Isaiah 9:9-10
And the people of Israel and Samaria, who spoke with such pride and arrogance, will soon know it.They said,“ We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore fig trees with cedars.”
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Matthew 23:31
“ But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
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Jeremiah 14:7
The people say,“ Our wickedness has caught up with us, Lord, but help us for the sake of your own reputation. We have turned away from you and sinned against you again and again.