Isaiah 7 - 8
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Now it came to pass in the days of a Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against b it, but could not prevail against it.
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And it was told to the house of David, saying, "Syria's forces are deployed in Ephraim." So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
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Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and ShearJa'shub your son, at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's Field,
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"and say to him: 'Take heed, and be c quiet; do not fear or be fainthearted for these two stubs of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
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'Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
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"Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel" -
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'thus says the Lord GOD:
d "It shall not stand,
Nor shall it come to pass.
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e For the head of Syria is Damascus,
And the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken,
So that it will not be a people.
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The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
And the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son.
f If you will not believe,
Surely you shall not be established." ' "
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Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
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g "Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above."
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But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"
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Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
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"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: h Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear i a Son, and shall call His name j Immanuel.
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"Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
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k "For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by l both her kings.
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m "The LORD will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father's house - days that have not come since the day that n Ephraim departed from Judah."
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And it shall come to pass in that day
That the LORD o will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in p the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.
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In the same day the Lord will shave with a q hired r razor,
With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria,
The head and the hair of the legs,
And will also remove the beard.
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It shall be in that day
That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;
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So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give,
That he will eat curds;
For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.
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It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
s It will be for briers and thorns.
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With arrows and bows men will come there,
Because all the land will become briers and thorns.
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And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe,
You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns;
But it will become a range for oxen
And a place for sheep to roam.
Isaiah 8
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Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and a write on it with a man's pen concerning MaherShal'al-Hash-Baz.
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"And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, b Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah."
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Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name MaherShal'al-Hash-Baz;
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c "for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' d the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria."
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The LORD also spoke to me again, saying:
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"Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of e Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice f in Rezin and in Remaliah's son;
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Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of the River, strong and mighty -
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
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He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
g He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will fill the breadth of Your land, O h Immanuel.
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"Be i shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
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j Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, k but it will not stand,
l For God is with us."
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For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
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"Do not say, 'A conspiracy,'
Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy,
Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.
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The LORD of hosts, Him you shall hallow;
Let Him be your fear,
And let Him be your dread.
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m He will be as a sanctuary,
But n a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense
To both the houses of Israel,
As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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And many among them shall o stumble;
They shall fall and be broken,
Be snared and taken."
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Bind up the testimony,
Seal the law among my disciples.
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And I will wait on the LORD,
Who p hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I q will hope in Him.
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r Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me!
We s are for signs and wonders in Israel
From the LORD of hosts,
Who dwells in Mount Zion.
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And when they say to you, t "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, u who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they v seek the dead on behalf of the living?
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w To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because x there is no light in them.
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They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and y curse their king and their God, and look upward.
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Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.
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2 Chronicles 28:1
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his father David had done.
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2 Kings 16:5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
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Exodus 14:13
And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
Isaiah 30:15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." But you would not.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.
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2 Kings 16:5
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.
Acts 4:25
Who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the LORD and against His Christ.
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2 Samuel 8:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought tribute. So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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2 Chronicles 20:20
So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Matthew 12:38
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.
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Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
Luke 1:31
And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.
John 1:45
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
Revelation 12:5
She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.
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Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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Isaiah 8:8
He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.
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Isaiah 8:4
"for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria."
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2 Kings 15:30
Then Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; so he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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2 Chronicles 28:19
For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz ...
2 Chronicles 28:20
Also TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria came to hi...
Isaiah 8:7
Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over ...
Isaiah 8:8
He will pass through Judah, He will overflow an...
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the sta...
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against an ungodly nation, And ...
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1 Kings 12:16
Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying: "What share have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David!" So Israel departed to their tents.
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Isaiah 5:26
He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.
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Isaiah 2:19
They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.
Jeremiah 16:16
Behold, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
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Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
Isaiah 10:15
Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
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2 Kings 16:7
So Ahaz sent messengers to TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
2 Chronicles 28:20
Also TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.
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Isaiah 5:6
I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.
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Isaiah 30:8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
Habakkuk 2:2
Then the LORD answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.
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2 Kings 16:10
Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.
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2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Isaiah 7:16
For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings.
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2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
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John 9:7
And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
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Isaiah 7:1
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Isaiah 7:2
And it was told to the house of David, saying, "Syria's forces are deployed in Ephraim." So his heart and the heart of his people were moved as the trees of the woods are moved with the wind.
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Isaiah 30:28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
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Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us."
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Joel 3:9
Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
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Isaiah 7:7
Thus says the Lord GOD: "It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass.
Acts 5:38
And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing.
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Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
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Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Isaiah 4:6
And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
Isaiah 25:4
For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Ezekiel 11:16
"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone."'
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Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
Luke 20:17
Then He looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone' ?
Romans 9:33
As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.
1 Peter 2:8
And "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
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Matthew 21:44
"And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder."
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Deuteronomy 31:17
"Then My anger shall be aroused 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, so that they will say in that day, 'Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?'
Isaiah 54:8
With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you," Says the LORD, your Redeemer.
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Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
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Hebrews 2:13
And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And again: "Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.
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Psalms 71:7
I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.
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1 Samuel 28:8
So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And he said, "Please conduct a seance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.
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Isaiah 29:4
You shall be brought down, You shall speak out of the ground; Your speech shall be low, out of the dust; Your voice shall be like a medium's, out of the ground; And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
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Psalms 106:28
They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor, And ate sacrifices made to the dead.
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Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:
Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among my disciples.
Luke 16:29
"Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
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Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.
Micah 3:6
Therefore you shall have night without vision, And you shall have darkness without divination; The sun shall go down on the prophets, And the day shall be dark for them.
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Revelation 16:11
They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
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