43 (A)The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them;

they will accept their guilt, because they (B)despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes.

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43 For the land will be deserted(A) by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected(B) my laws and abhorred my decrees.(C)

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31 Because he has (A)despised the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his [a]guilt shall be upon him.’ ”

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  1. Numbers 15:31 iniquity

31 Because they have despised(A) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(B) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(C)’”

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30 (A)They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.

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30 Since they would not accept my advice
    and spurned my rebuke,(A)

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13 He who (A)despises the word will be destroyed,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

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13 Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,(A)
    but whoever respects(B) a command is rewarded.(C)

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24 Therefore, (A)as the [a]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (B)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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  1. Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire

24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(A) lick up straw(B)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(C)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;(D)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word(E) of the Holy One(F) of Israel.

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13 Yet the house of Israel (A)rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they (B)despised My judgments, (C)‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they greatly (D)defiled My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My fury on them in the (E)wilderness, to consume them.

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13 “‘Yet the people of Israel rebelled(A) against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws(B)—by which the person who obeys them will live—and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths.(C) So I said I would pour out my wrath(D) on them and destroy(E) them in the wilderness.(F)

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16 (A)because they despised My judgments and did not walk in My statutes, but profaned My Sabbaths; for (B)their heart went after their idols.

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16 because they rejected my laws(A) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts(B) were devoted to their idols.(C)

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24 (A)because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, profaned My Sabbaths, and (B)their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.

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24 because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees(A) and desecrated my Sabbaths,(B) and their eyes lusted after(C) their parents’ idols.(D)

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Judgment on Judah

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
(B)Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
And have not kept His commandments.
(C)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies (D)which their fathers followed.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(B) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,(C)
because they have been led astray(D) by false gods,[a](E)
    the gods[b] their ancestors followed,(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
  2. Amos 2:4 Or lies