Thine own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy turning away shall condemn thee: that thou mayest know and understand, how evil and hurtful a thing it is, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the LORD God of Hosts.

Thy ways and thy thoughts have brought thee unto this. This is thy own wickedness and disobedience, that hath possessed thine heart.

or if ye shall despise mine ordinances, either if your souls refuse my laws, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but shall break mine covenant:

But and if ye will not do so, behold, ye sin against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

"But and if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God to keep and to do all his commandments and ordinances which I command thee this day; then all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee:

For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same.

Alas for this sinful nation, which are expert in blasphemies; a seed of ungracious people, corrupt in their ways. They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the holy one of Israel unto anger, and are gone backward.

O Israel, thou doest but destroy thyself; In me only is thy help.

In that

For my people hath done two evils: They have forsaken me, the well of the water of life; and digged them pits, yea, vile and broken pits, that hold no water.

And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

But and if ye turn away and forsake mine ordinances and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods and bow yourselves to them:

When he

And when the LORD saw it, he was angry because of the provoking of his sons and daughters.

Thou leddest thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

He brought them out safely, that they should not fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea.

He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt.

Who led his people through the wilderness! For his mercy endureth forever.

Yet remembered he the old time of Moses and his people: How he brought them from the water of the sea, as a shepherd doth with his sheep; how he had given his holy spirit among them;

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"Nevertheless, your misdeeds have turned these from you, and your sins have robbed you hereof.

Then shall it be answered: Because they have broken the covenant of the LORD their God, and have worshipped and served strange gods.'"

According to their uncleanness and unfaithful dealings, so have I entreated them, and hid my face from them.