Why Israel Fell

Now (A)this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, (B)who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; (C)and they had [a]feared other gods.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 17:7 Or revered, and so throughout the ch

Israel Exiled Because of Sin

All this took place because the Israelites had sinned(A) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt(B) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods

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For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

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17 Have you not (A)done this to yourself
By your abandoning the Lord your God
When He (B)led you in the way?

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17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
    by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?

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17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?

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19 (A)Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your (B)apostasies will punish you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and (C)bitter
For you to abandon the Lord your God,
And (D)the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [a]God of armies.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:19 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

19 Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding(A) will rebuke(B) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter(C) it is for you
when you forsake(D) the Lord your God
    and have no awe(E) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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18 Your (A)ways and your deeds
Have [a]brought these things upon you.
This is your evil. How (B)bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:18 Lit done

18 “Your own conduct and actions(A)
    have brought this on you.(B)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter(C) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

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18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

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19 I also (A)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the lands. (B)According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

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19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered(A) through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.(B)

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19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

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