Jeremiah 2:9

“Therefore I will still contend (struggle) with you [by bringing judgment on you],” says the Lord,
“And I will contend with your children’s children.”

Ezekiel 20:35-36

and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you and contend with you face to face.

Yet you keep saying, ‘I am innocent;
Surely His anger has turned away from me.’
Behold (listen very carefully), I will bring you to judgment and will plead my case against you
Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Exodus 20:5

You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers on the children [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers], to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Micah 6:2

“Hear, O mountains, the indictment of the Lord,
And you enduring foundations of the earth,
For the Lord has a case (a legal complaint) against His people,
And He will dispute (challenge) Israel.

Leviticus 20:5

then I shall set My face against that man and against his [extended] family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in playing the prostitute (commit apostasy) with Molech.

Isaiah 3:13

The Lord rises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.

Isaiah 43:26

“Remind Me [of your merits with a thorough report], let us plead and argue our case together;
State your position, that you may be proved right.

Jeremiah 2:29

“Why do you complain and contend with Me?
You have all rebelled (transgressed) against Me,” says the Lord.

Hosea 2:2

“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;
And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts

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Summary

Jeremiah 2:9

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

I will

With your

Exodus 20:5

Leviticus 20:5

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