Jeremiah 22:9
22:9 The answer will come back, “It is because they broke their covenant with the
Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods.”
Deuteronomy 31:16-17
31:16 Then the
Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die,
and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they
are going. They
will reject
me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
31:17 At that time
my anger will erupt against them
and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome
them
so that they
will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters
overcome us
because our
God is not among us
?’
Deuteronomy 31:2
31:2 He said to them, “Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about,
and the
Lord has said to me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan.’
Deuteronomy 7:19
7:19 the great judgments
you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power
by which he
brought you out – thus the
Lord your God will do to all the people you fear.
Ezra 9:10
9:10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments
Psalms 89:30
89:30 If his sons reject my law
and disobey my regulations,
Psalms 119:53
119:53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked,
those who reject your law.
Proverbs 28:4
28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law contend with them.
Zephaniah 3:1-6
Jerusalem is Corrupt
3:1 The filthy, stained city is as good as dead;
the city filled with oppressors is finished!
3:2 She is disobedient;
she refuses correction.
She does not trust the Lord;
she does not seek the advice of her God.
3:3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions;
her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert,
who completely devour their prey by morning.
3:4 Her prophets are proud;
they are deceitful men.
Her priests defile what is holy;
they break God’s laws.
3:5 The just Lord resides within her;
he commits no unjust acts.
Every morning he reveals his justice.
At dawn he appears without fail.
Yet the unjust know no shame.
The Lord’s Judgment will Purify
3:6 “I destroyed nations;
their walled cities are in ruins.
I turned their streets into ruins;
no one passes through them.
Their cities are desolate;
no one lives there.