For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My cove
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lo
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the la
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem,
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He do
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominat
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated becau
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an ene
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.