2 Kings 22:17
New International Version
17 Because they have forsaken(A) me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made,[a] my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 22:17 Or by everything they have done
2 Kings 21:22
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 2:16
New International Version
16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully
Zephaniah 1:18
New International Version
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(A)
Micah 5:13
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Ezekiel 20:47-48
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47 Say to the southern forest:(A) ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume(B) all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north(C) will be scorched by it.(D) 48 Everyone will see that I the Lord have kindled it; it will not be quenched.(E)’”
Jeremiah 17:27
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27 But if you do not obey(A) me to keep the Sabbath(B) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire(C) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”(D)
Jeremiah 7:20
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20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign(A) Lord says: My anger(B) and my wrath will be poured(C) out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.(D)
Jeremiah 2:27-28
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27 They say to wood,(A) ‘You are my father,’
and to stone,(B) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(C) to me
and not their faces;(D)
yet when they are in trouble,(E) they say,
‘Come and save(F) us!’
28 Where then are the gods(G) you made for yourselves?
Let them come if they can save you
when you are in trouble!(H)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
as you have towns.(I)
Jeremiah 2:11-13
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11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
(Yet they are not gods(A) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(B) God
for worthless idols.
12 Be appalled at this, you heavens,
and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
13 “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken(C) me,
the spring of living water,(D)
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Isaiah 46:5-8
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5 “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(A)
6 Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(B) to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.(C)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry(D) it;
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.(E)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(F)
it cannot save(G) them from their troubles.
Isaiah 44:17-20
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17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships.(A)
He prays(B) to it and says,
“Save(C) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(D) nothing;
their eyes(E) are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding(F) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(G)
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(H) thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(I)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(J) a deluded(K) heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(L)”
Isaiah 33:14
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Isaiah 2:8-9
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Psalm 115:4-8
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4 But their idols are silver and gold,(A)
made by human hands.(B)
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(C)
eyes, but cannot see.
6 They have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk,
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
8 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
Psalm 106:35-42
New International Version
35 but they mingled(A) with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,(B)
which became a snare(C) to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons(D)
and their daughters to false gods.(E)
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(F) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39 They defiled themselves(G) by what they did;
by their deeds they prostituted(H) themselves.
Nehemiah 9:26-27
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26 “But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law.(A) They killed(B) your prophets,(C) who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.(D) 27 So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies,(E) who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion(F) you gave them deliverers,(G) who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
2 Chronicles 36:16
New International Version
16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed(A) at his prophets until the wrath(B) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.(C)
1 Kings 9:6-9
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6 “But if you[a] or your descendants turn away(A) from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[b] and go off to serve other gods(B) and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land(C) I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name.(D) Israel will then become a byword(E) and an object of ridicule(F) among all peoples. 8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[c] who pass by will be appalled(G) and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’(H) 9 People will answer,(I) ‘Because they have forsaken(J) the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster(K) on them.’”
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:6 The Hebrew is plural.
- 1 Kings 9:8 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now imposing, all
Judges 10:10-14
New International Version
10 Then the Israelites cried(A) out to the Lord, “We have sinned(B) against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals.”(C)
11 The Lord replied, “When the Egyptians,(D) the Amorites,(E) the Ammonites,(F) the Philistines,(G) 12 the Sidonians, the Amalekites(H) and the Maonites[a](I) oppressed you(J) and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands? 13 But you have forsaken(K) me and served other gods,(L) so I will no longer save you. 14 Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save(M) you when you are in trouble!(N)”
Footnotes
- Judges 10:12 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts Midianites
Judges 10:6-7
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Jephthah
6 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord.(A) They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths,(B) and the gods of Aram,(C) the gods of Sidon,(D) the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites(E) and the gods of the Philistines.(F) And because the Israelites forsook the Lord(G) and no longer served him, 7 he became angry(H) with them. He sold them(I) into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
Judges 3:7-8
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Othniel
7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord(A) their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.(B) 8 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold(C) them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim(D) king of Aram Naharaim,[a](E) to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.
Footnotes
- Judges 3:8 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
Judges 2:12-14
New International Version
12 They forsook the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped various gods(A) of the peoples around them.(B) They aroused(C) the Lord’s anger(D) 13 because they forsook(E) him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.(F) 14 In his anger(G) against Israel the Lord gave them into the hands(H) of raiders who plundered(I) them. He sold them(J) into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.(K)
Deuteronomy 32:22
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32:15-19
New International Version
15 Jeshurun[a](A) grew fat(B) and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(C) the God who made them
and rejected the Rock(D) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(E) with their foreign gods
and angered(F) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(G) to false gods,(H) which are not God—
gods they had not known,(I)
gods that recently appeared,(J)
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot(K) the God who gave you birth.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
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