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Hosea 7:10
The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the LORD their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!
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Ezekiel 23:31-35
You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.“ This is what the sovereign LORD says:“ You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.You will be overcome by drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the sovereign LORD.“ Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”
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Amos 5:2
“ The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up.”
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2 Kings 17 19-2 Kings 17 20
Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the LORD their God; they followed Israel’s example.So the LORD rejected all of Israel’s descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.
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Luke 19:22
The king said to him,‘ I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?
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Isaiah 44:9
All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
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Hosea 5:14
I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
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Proverbs 14:32
The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
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Hosea 14:1
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
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Hosea 4:5
You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people!
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Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
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Amos 2:4-5
This is what the LORD says:“ Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the LORD’s law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray.So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
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Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
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Hosea 8:14
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.
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Isaiah 59:12
For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.
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Proverbs 11:21
Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.
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Isaiah 28:1-3
The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
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Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
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Proverbs 24:16
Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.
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Isaiah 9:9-10
All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,“ The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
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Matthew 23:31
By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
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Jeremiah 14:7
Then I said,“ O LORD, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.