Jeremiah 2:7
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7 I brought you into a plentiful land
to eat its fruits and its good things.
But when you entered you defiled my land
and made my heritage an abomination.(A)
Ezekiel 4:13
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13 The Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread, unclean, among the nations to which I will drive them.”(A)
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Hosea 7:11
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Futile Reliance on the Nations
11 Ephraim has become like a dove,
silly and without sense;
they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.(A)
Hosea 8:13
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13 Though they offer choice sacrifices,[a]
though they eat flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
they shall return to Egypt.(A)
Footnotes
- 8.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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