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Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Rejection of the law of God
For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
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Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory. Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame. The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing. read more.
And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.
And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.
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They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
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I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they came to Baal-peor, and made themselves holy to the thing of shame, and became disgusting like that to which they gave their love.
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And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
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Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
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By whom he went to the spirits in prison, preaching to those Who, in the days of Noah, went against God's orders; but God in his mercy kept back the punishment, while Noah got ready the ark, in which a small number, that is to say eight persons, got salvation through water:
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
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How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
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This is what the Lord has said about this people: Even so they have been glad to go from the right way; they have not kept their feet from wandering, so the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep their wrongdoing in mind and send punishment for their sins.
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He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
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It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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Because they were turned away from my orders, and were not guided by my rules, and had no respect for my Sabbaths: for their hearts went after their images.
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Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;
The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.
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For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
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