They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be take
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will re
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets
Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” de
For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious pres
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he sa
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redee
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like th
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.