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Hosea 9:12
Even if you do have children who grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.
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Hosea 11:12
Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit, but Judah still obeys God and is faithful to the Holy One.
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Jeremiah 14:10
So this is what the Lord says to his people:“ You love to wander far from me and do not restrain yourselves. Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people. Now I will remember all your wickedness and will punish you for your sins.”
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Lamentations 5:16
The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
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Isaiah 43:1
But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says,“ Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
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Ezekiel 16:23
“ What sorrow awaits you, says the Sovereign Lord. In addition to all your other wickedness,
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Isaiah 63:8
He said,“ They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” And he became their Savior.
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Isaiah 59:13
We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.
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Ezekiel 18:25
“ Yet you say,‘ The Lord isn’t doing what’s right!’ Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what’s right, or is it you?
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Isaiah 31:1
What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of looking to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
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Matthew 23:37
“ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
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Deuteronomy 15:15
Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you! That is why I am giving you this command.
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Job 21:14-15
And yet they say to God,‘ Go away. We want no part of you and your ways.Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us to pray?’
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Psalms 139:7-9
I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
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Jonah 1:3
But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.
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Ezekiel 18:2
“ Why do you quote this proverb concerning the land of Israel:‘ The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children’s mouths pucker at the taste’?
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Malachi 3:13-15
“ You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord.“ But you say,‘ What do you mean? What have we said against you?’“ You have said,‘ What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the Lord of Heaven’s Armies that we are sorry for our sins?From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”
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Psalms 107:2-3
Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.
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Job 22:17
For they said to God,‘ Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
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Hosea 11:2
But the more I called to him, the farther he moved from me, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.
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Jeremiah 44:17-18
We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like— just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid offerings, we have been in great trouble and have been dying from war and famine.”
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Hosea 9:17
My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations.
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Isaiah 41:14
Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob, don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you. I am the Lord, your Redeemer. I am the Holy One of Israel.’
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Hosea 7:3
“ The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.
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Micah 6:4
For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.
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Jeremiah 18:11-12
“ Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them,‘ This is what the Lord says: I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.’”But the people replied,“ Don’t waste your breath. We will continue to live as we want to, stubbornly following our own evil desires.”
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1 Peter 1 18-1 Peter 1 19
For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
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Psalms 106:10
So he rescued them from their enemies and redeemed them from their foes.
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Revelation 8:13
Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air,“ Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets.”
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1John 1:10
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Matthew 23:13-29
“ What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
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Ezekiel 34:6
They have wandered through all the mountains and all the hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them.
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Jeremiah 42:20
For you were not being honest when you sent me to pray to the Lord your God for you. You said,‘ Just tell us what the Lord our God says, and we will do it!’
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Jonah 1:10
The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away from the Lord.“ Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned.
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Hosea 7:1
“ I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great. Samaria is filled with liars. Thieves are on the inside and bandits on the outside!
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Nehemiah 1:10
“ The people you rescued by your great power and strong hand are your servants.