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Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

Verse ConceptsBeing ForsakenNeglectDisputesForsaking God's Things

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Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

Verse ConceptsMentoringAgingExperience, of GodGenerationsGod, Power OfInexperienceMouthsOld Age, Attitudes ToSanctity Of LifeHope For Old PeopleGreyDo Not Forsake Us!Hair

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toImpenitence, Results OfVictory, As An Act Of GodThe Spirit Of God

then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

Verse ConceptsBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsThey Do Not Keep Commands

because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking GodServing Asherah

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that doeth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; they ask of me the ordinances of righteousness, they take delight in approaching to God:

Verse ConceptseagernessAskingNominal ReligionHypocrites, Description OfNot Coming Near To GodMaking Decisions

For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsKindnessUnkindnessWallsArchaeologyGod Not ForsakingGroups Of Slavesslaveryrevival

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say to them, As ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Verse ConceptsForeignersForsaking GodRenunciationUnfaithfulness, To GodIdolatry Consists OfSuffering From ForeignersNo Earthly InheritanceServing GroupsWhy Does God Do This?

And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsBreaking The Covenant

And men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah the God of their fathers, which he had made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodBreaking The CovenantGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And the people of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Ba'als."

Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceSin, Nature OfWe Have Sinned

For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and as a wife of youth, that hath been refused, saith thy God.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessSpirit, Nature OfPeople Abandoning PeopleDivorceDepressionRejectionBeing A Woman Of Godspousecredibility

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?

Verse ConceptsLife, Of FaithTravelling With GodFruits Of SinActing For OneselfGod Has Guided

Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsRebukeFruits Of SinConsequences Of Forsaking GodNo Fear Of GodReproving PeopleBackslidingPunishmentsBackslidersapostasyFalling Away From God

But the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah the God of his fathers.

Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash.

Verse ConceptsLargenessLarge Armies

And Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And More

But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at their work:

Verse Conceptsministering

and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentIncenseSmellsTables

Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God. I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.

Verse ConceptsAdultery, Examples OfProstitutionUnforgivenessHarlotsGod Not ForgivingSwearing ByThose Who Committed Adulterywhores

For our fathers have transgressed, and done evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and have turned their backs.

And now, what shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodForsaking God's Things

For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; for their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGod Not ForsakingGuiltisrael

Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPursuing PeopleGod Abandoning IndividualsNo One Can Save

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessFaithfulness, Examples OfForsaking GodExaggerationsdoubtersDepression, SymptomsGod, Zeal OfLonelinessMartyrdom, Examples OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilRejection Of GodSelfishnessSelf PitySoldiersEvil TimesDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfeagernessProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodDestruction Of The TempleKilling ProphetsForsaking God's ThingsSole SurvivorsOnly One PersonBreaking The Covenant

Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth; because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentForsaking GodHope, As ConfidenceShameSpring Of WaterWellsMetaphorical SpringsJudgements WrittenConsequences Of Forsaking GodLiving WaterWells, Figurative Useisraeldust

In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more.

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodBeing ForsakenUnfaithfulness, To GodDifferent GodsCompetition

According to all the deeds that they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodRejection Of GodDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

Verse ConceptsProvoking GodRenunciationQuenchingIncense Offered AmissDifferent Gods

and I will pronounce my judgments against them for all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeForsaking GodMonotheismRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodIdol WorshipDifferent GodsIdolatry

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my fury shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place from me, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

Verse ConceptsMonotheismSacrifice, In OtKilling The InnocentUnknown GodsDifferent Gods

Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all the business of thy hand which thou doest, until thou be destroyed and until thou perish quickly, because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

Verse ConceptsConfusionRebukeDisorganizationConsequences Of Forsaking Godcurses

And they cried to Jehovah and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking God, Illustrated ByBaal Worship, HistoryServing AsherahWe Have Sinned

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityAbandonmentForsaking God, Illustrated ByImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNationalismRejection Of GodEvildoersGod's People Sinningcorruption

And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toRebukeForsaking God's ThingsFollowers Of BaalTroubling Groups Of People

For Gazah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon shall be a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Verse ConceptsNoonArchaeologyEmpty CitiesPlucking Outcrusades

For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs.

Verse ConceptsChaosCities Under AttackEmpty CitiesChaos As JudgmentHomestead

For the palace shall be deserted, the multitude of the city shall be forsaken; hill and watchtower shall be caves for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Verse ConceptsChaosTowersEmpty CitiesWild DonkeysDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, so that no one went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsFuturePeople Abandoning PeoplePeople Being HatedYou Will Rejoice In SalvationExcellencereinforcement

Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessDivine FavourLand Becoming EmptyGod Not ForsakingMarriage To God

And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah that had gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus saith Jehovah: Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen, every city fleeth; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken and no man dwelleth therein.

Verse ConceptsClimbingRocksArchers, In ArmiesCavalryEmpty CitiesRiding HorsesStones For ProtectionIsrael Fleeing

Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsHairsLamentingMourningRejection Of God, Results OfSongsBarbersAnger Of God, ConsequencesCutting HairAccompaniments Of Mourning

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, To GodForsaking God's ThingsBreaking God's Law

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled, sorely put to shame! For we have forsaken the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.

I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage, I have given the beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentGod Will Cause Defeat

He hath forsaken his covert as a young lion; for their land is a desolation because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsGod Like A LionLike Creatures

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Verse ConceptsRocksGod Is JustPeople Torn To Pieces

How is not the town of praise forsaken, the city of my joy!

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

And he said unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceShrinesSecret SinsConcealment, Of SinGod Not SeeingActing In SecretLooking And SeeingScofferselders

And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfPerversionGod, All knowingGod Not SeeingKilling Many PeopleGod's People SinningScoffers

therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the water-courses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and a derision to the remnant of the nations that are round about,

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyCities Under AttackAbandoning ThingsThe Mountains Of Israel

For before the child knoweth to refuse the evil and to choose the good, the land whose two kings thou fearest shall be forsaken.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyRejectionParents Being Wrongmanhood

and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.

Verse ConceptsNestsWingsWings Of BirdsBird Soundsrelentless

The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks; and they shall lie down and there shall be none to make them afraid.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesPasturing The Flock

for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God, he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentAssurance, basis ofGod's attitude towards peopleMercifulnessGod's MercyGod Remembering His CovenantGod Not ForsakingMercy

and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were round about them, and bowed down to them; and they provoked the LORD to anger.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRenunciationBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore has Jehovah brought upon them all this evil.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to other gods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore he has brought upon them all this evil.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtAbandonment

Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off:

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordPresent, TheGod Be With YouDo Not Forsake Us!God Being With Us

And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

Verse ConceptsPagan GodsAstrologyBowingCalvesHost Of HeavenSculptureStarsGolden CalvesForsaking God's ThingsTwo AnimalsServing Asherah

and he forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFeetGod's Ways

The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Verse ConceptsThe Needydrought, physicalPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningTongueGod And The PoorAnswered PromisesSeeking WaterGod Not ForsakingWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it; fear not nor be dismayed: for Jehovah Elohim, my God, will be with thee; he will not leave thee, neither forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah is finished.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will NeverBeing AfraiddiscouragementInexperienceBraveryGod's Help In DiscouragementStrength Of PeopleGod Not ForsakingCourageCourage And StrengthStaying Strong And Not Giving UpFinishing Strongfearlessfinishing

And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

Verse ConceptsForsaking God's Things

Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMercifulnessMind, Of GodGod Not Forsaking

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

Verse ConceptsOilNeglecting God's Things

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodGrace, In OtRejection Of God, Results OfRoadsGod's HandConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod's Hands On PeopleShame Has Come

Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAbandonmentFace Of GodGod HidingDo Not Forsake Us!God My SalvationGod Angry With IndividualsGod Helpshiding

Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Forsake Us!God Far Away

And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my God is not in my midst?

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentAfflictions Of The WickedAnger Of God, ConsequencesReprobatesGod Will Be Angry

And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Ba'als and the Ash'taroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook the LORD, and did not serve him.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBaal Worship, HistoryPolytheismServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfForsaking God

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land into which they enter, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Verse ConceptsProstitutionRest, PhysicalSleep, And DeathTrust, Lack OfNearness Of DeathBreaking The CovenantDeath Will Soon HappenDeath

And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

Verse ConceptsForsaking GodZeal, ReligiousNot Forsaking GodDifferent Gods

If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, And Worship Of GodConsequences Of Forsaking GodGod Will Bring HarmForgiving Others Who Hurt YouServing God

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

Verse ConceptsForsaking God's Things

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.

Verse ConceptsMastersNeglectPeople Not AbandoningTaking Care Of The Earth

And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

Verse ConceptsMastersNeglectNeglecting PeopleNo Earthly Inheritancefriendliness

None shall be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee; I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisGod Of The FathersTemptation, Universality OfProtection, From GodInvincibilityAble To StandGod Not ForsakingGod With Specific PeoplePowerful Individuals

They forsook the LORD, and served the Ba'als and the Ash'taroth.

Verse ConceptsServing Asherah