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Because you have rejected knowledge, Let him alone.
I also will reject you from being priest 18 Their drink is rebellion,
for Me; They commit harlotry continually.
Because you have forgotten the law Her rulers dearly love dishonor.
of your God, 19 The wind has wrapped her up
I also will forget your children. in its wings,
And they shall be ashamed because
7 “The more they increased,
The more they sinned against Me; of their sacrifices.
I will change their glory into shame. Psalm 138:7–8
8 They eat up the sin of My people; 7
They set their heart on their iniquity. Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
And it shall be: like people, like priest. You will stretch out Your hand
9 You will revive me;
So I will punish them for their ways, Against the wrath of my enemies,
And reward them for their deeds. And Your right hand will save me.
For they shall eat, but not have enough; 8 The LORD will perfect that which
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They shall commit harlotry, concerns me;
but not increase; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever;
Because they have ceased obeying Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
the LORD.
Proverbs 29:18
11 “Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave
the heart. 18 Where there is no revelation, the
My people ask counsel from their
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wooden idols, But happy is he who keeps the law.
And their staff informs them.
For the spirit of harlotry has caused
them to stray,
And they have played the harlot 29:18 no revelation. This proverb looks both
against their God. to the lack of the Word (1 Sam.3:1) and the lack
13 They offer sacrifices on the of hearing the Word (Amos 8:11,12), which
mountaintops, leads to lawless rebellion (Ex. 32:25; Lev. 13:45;
And burn incense on the hills, Num. 5:18).The proverb then contrasts the joy
Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, and glory of a lawful society (28:14; Mal.4:4).
Because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters commit
harlotry, 1 John 4:1–21
And your brides commit adultery.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but
14 “I will not punish your daughters when 4 test the spirits, whether they are of God;
they commit harlotry, because many false prophets have gone out
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Nor your brides when they commit into the world. By this you know the Spirit of
adultery; God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus
For the men themselves go apart with Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and
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harlots, every spirit that does not confess that Jesus
And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot. Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And
Therefore people who do not this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you
understand will be trampled. have heard was coming, and is now already in
15 “Though you, Israel, play the harlot, the world.
4 You are of God, little children, and have
Let not Judah offend.
Do not come up to Gilgal, overcome them, because He who is in you is
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Nor go up to Beth Aven, greater than he who is in the world. They are
Nor swear an oath, saying, ‘As the of the world. Therefore they speak as of the
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LORD lives’— world, and the world hears them. We are of
God. He who knows God hears us; he who is
“For Israel is stubborn not of God does not hear us. By this we know
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Like a stubborn calf; the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Now the LORD will let them forage 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is
Like a lamb in open country.
of God; and everyone who loves is born of
17 “Ephraim is joined to idols, God and knows God. He who does not love
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