Zephaniah 1:13
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13 Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but (A)not drink their wine.”
Micah 6:15
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15 “You shall (A)sow, but not reap;
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
Deuteronomy 28:30
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30 (A)“You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; (B)you shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it; (C)you shall plant a vineyard, but shall not gather its grapes.
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James 2:6
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6 But (A)you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you (B)and drag you into the courts?
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Revelation 11:8-10
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8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of (A)the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, (B)where also [a]our Lord was crucified. 9 (C)Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations [b]will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, (D)and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. 10 (E)And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, (F)and send gifts to one another, (G)because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
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- Revelation 11:8 NU, M their
- Revelation 11:9 NU, M see . . . and will not allow
Haggai 1:6
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6 “You have (A)sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And (B)he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
Micah 3:1-3
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Wicked Rulers and Prophets
3 And I said:
“Hear now, O heads of Jacob,
And you (A)rulers of the house of Israel:
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?
2 You who hate good and love evil;
Who strip the skin from [a]My people,
And the flesh from their bones;
3 Who also (C)eat the flesh of My people,
Flay their skin from them,
Break their bones,
And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot,
(D)Like flesh in the caldron.”
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- Micah 3:2 Lit. them
Micah 2:2
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2 They (A)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.
Amos 3:15-4:1
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15 I will [a]destroy (A)the winter house along with (B)the summer house;
The (C)houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.
God’s Punishments Have Not Reformed Israel
Isaiah 65:21-22
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21 (A)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and (B)another eat;
For (C)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And (D)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah 59:13-14
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13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (A)from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 5:7-8
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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [a]a cry for help.
Impending Judgment on Excesses
8 Woe to those who [b]join (A)house to house;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:7 wailing
- Isaiah 5:8 Accumulate houses
Deuteronomy 28:38-39
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38 (A)“You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for (B)the locust shall [a]consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the (C)wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
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- Deuteronomy 28:38 devour
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