Thine own wickedness shall chastise thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee; know therefore and see how evil and bitter it is, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God and that my fear is lacking in thee, saith the Lord GOD of the hosts.

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness because it is bitter, because it reaches unto thine heart.

and if ye shall despise my statutes or if your soul should abhor my rights so that ye will not do all my commandments but that ye break my covenant,

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye shall have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will catch up with you.

And it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep, to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee today, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee.

Even as I have seen, those that plow iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the same.

O sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, generation of evildoers, corrupt sons! They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they have turned back.

O Israel, thou hast caused thyself to become lost, but in me is thine help.

In that

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

But if ye turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods and worship them,

When he

And when the LORD saw it, his wrath was kindled because of his sons and of his daughters.

Thou didst lead thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures for ever.

Then he remembered the days of old, of Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him?

General references

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.

Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and worshipped other gods and served them.

According to their uncleanness and according to their rebellions have I done unto them and hid my face from them.