Thematic Bible: In reviling God


Thematic Bible



“Your words against Me are harsh,” says the Lord.

Yet you ask: “What have we spoken against You?” Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodEclipse

"A son honors [his] father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is [your] fear of Me? says the Lord of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name." Yet you ask: "How have we despised Your name?" "By presenting defiled food on My altar." You ask: "How have we defiled You?" When you say: "The Lord's table is contemptible."

But you are profaning it when you say: “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.” Verse ConceptsProfanityProfaning God's NameMisusing God's NameUnclean Things

"Since the days of your fathers, you have turned from My statutes; you have not kept [them]. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the Lord of Hosts. But you ask: "How can we return?" "Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!" You ask: "How do we rob You?" "[By not making the payments] of 10 percent and the contributions.

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