The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be com
“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been fo
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordi
So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD h
They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on wh
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I comman
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. The
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on th
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the la
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us
and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the p
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomi
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has f
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Ro
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every par
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everl
On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply th
Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an eve
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordin
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher t