Psalms 3:3

3:3 But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me;

you are my glory and the one who restores me.

Psalms 14:6

14:6 You want to humiliate the oppressed,

even though the Lord is their shelter.

Psalms 106:20

106:20 They traded their majestic God

for the image of an ox that eats grass.

Isaiah 20:5

20:5 Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.

Isaiah 45:17

45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord;

you will never again be ashamed or humiliated.

Jeremiah 2:11

2:11 Has a nation ever changed its gods

(even though they are not really gods at all)?

But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God,

for a god that cannot help them at all!

Hosea 4:7

4:7 The more the priests increased in numbers,

the more they rebelled against me.

They have turned their glorious calling

into a shameful disgrace!

Hosea 4:1

The Lord’s Covenant Lawsuit against the Nation Israel

4:1 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites!

For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel.

For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land,

nor do they acknowledge God.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,