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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(B) will humble(C) themselves and pray and seek my face(D) and turn(E) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(F) from heaven, and I will forgive(G) their sin and will heal(H) their land.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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2 Chronicles 7:13-14
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13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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Ezra 7:3-9
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Ezra 7:3-9
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3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas,(A) the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest— 6 this Ezra(B) came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted(C) him everything he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.(D) 7 Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.(E)
8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. 9 He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.(F)
Ezra 7:3-9
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Ezra 7:3-9
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3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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Ezra 8:3
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Ezra 8:3
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3 of the descendants of Shekaniah;(A)
of the descendants of Parosh,(B) Zechariah, and with him were registered 150 men;
Ezra 8:3
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Ezra 8:3
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3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
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Ezra 8:12-13
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Ezra 8:12-13
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12 of the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;
13 of the descendants of Adonikam,(A) the last ones, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
Ezra 8:12-13
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Ezra 8:12-13
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12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
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Ezekiel 14:7
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Ezekiel 14:7
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7 “‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(A) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(B) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(C) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself.
Ezekiel 14:7
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Ezekiel 14:7
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7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:
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Ezekiel 14:6
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Ezekiel 14:6
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6 “Therefore say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent!(A) Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!(B)
Ezekiel 14:6
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Ezekiel 14:6
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6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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Ezekiel 16:3
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Ezekiel 16:3
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3 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry(A) and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father(B) was an Amorite(C) and your mother a Hittite.(D)
Ezekiel 16:3
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Ezekiel 16:3
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3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
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Ezekiel 16:44-52
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Ezekiel 16:44-52
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44 “‘Everyone who quotes proverbs(A) will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” 45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised(B) her husband(C) and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.(D) 46 Your older sister(E) was Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom.(F) 47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(G) 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign(H) Lord, your sister Sodom(I) and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.(J)
49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:(K) She and her daughters were arrogant,(L) overfed and unconcerned;(M) they did not help the poor and needy.(N) 50 They were haughty(O) and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.(P) 51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.(Q) 52 Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous(R) than you. So then, be ashamed and bear(S) your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.
Ezekiel 16:44-52
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Ezekiel 16:44-52
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44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.
52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
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Ezekiel 20:18-44
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Ezekiel 20:18-44
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18 I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents(A) or keep their laws or defile yourselves(B) with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God;(C) follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(D) 20 Keep my Sabbaths(E) holy, that they may be a sign(F) between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.(G)”
21 “‘But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws,(H) of which I said, “The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger(I) against them in the wilderness.(J) 22 But I withheld(K) my hand, and for the sake of my name(L) I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. 23 Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter(M) them through the countries, 24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees(N) and desecrated my Sabbaths,(O) and their eyes lusted after(P) their parents’ idols.(Q) 25 So I gave(R) them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;(S) 26 I defiled them through their gifts—the sacrifice(T) of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.(U)’
27 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In this also your ancestors(V) blasphemed(W) me by being unfaithful to me:(X) 28 When I brought them into the land(Y) I had sworn to give them and they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, made offerings that aroused my anger, presented their fragrant incense and poured out their drink offerings.(Z) 29 Then I said to them: What is this high place(AA) you go to?’” (It is called Bamah[a] to this day.)
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30 “Therefore say to the Israelites: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves(AB) the way your ancestors did and lust after their vile images?(AC) 31 When you offer your gifts—the sacrifice of your children(AD) in the fire—you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Am I to let you inquire of me, you Israelites? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will not let you inquire of me.(AE)
32 “‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen. 33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm(AF) and with outpoured wrath.(AG) 34 I will bring you from the nations(AH) and gather(AI) you from the countries where you have been scattered—with a mighty hand(AJ) and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath.(AK) 35 I will bring you into the wilderness(AL) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment(AM) upon you. 36 As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AN) 37 I will take note of you as you pass under my rod,(AO) and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.(AP) 38 I will purge(AQ) you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(AR)
39 “‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols,(AS) every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name(AT) with your gifts and idols.(AU) 40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,(AV) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings(AW) and your choice gifts,[b] along with all your holy sacrifices.(AX) 41 I will accept you as fragrant incense(AY) when I bring you out from the nations and gather(AZ) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy(BA) through you in the sight of the nations.(BB) 42 Then you will know that I am the Lord,(BC) when I bring you into the land of Israel,(BD) the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to your ancestors.(BE) 43 There you will remember your conduct(BF) and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves(BG) for all the evil you have done.(BH) 44 You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake(BI) and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BJ)’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 20:29 Bamah means high place.
- Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits
Ezekiel 20:18-44
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Ezekiel 20:18-44
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18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
19 I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.
27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.
30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.
32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.
37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
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