Malachi 2:2 Listen to it. Honor me with all your heart,” says the Lord who rules over all. “If you do not, I will send a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into cu...

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New International Reader's Version - Listen to it. Honor me with all your heart,” says the Lord who rules over all. “If you do not, I will send a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. In fact, I have already done that because you have not honored me with all your heart.
新标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华说：你们若不听从，也不放在心上，将荣耀归与我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们，使你们的福分变为咒诅；因你们不把诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅你们了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听，若不放在心上，将荣耀归给我的名，我就使诅咒临到你们，使你们的福分变为诅咒；其实我已经诅咒了你们的福分，因你们不把诫命放在心上。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听，若不放在心上，将荣耀归给我的名，我就使诅咒临到你们，使你们的福分变为诅咒；其实我已经诅咒了你们的福分，因你们不把诫命放在心上。
当代译本 - 万军之耶和华说：“如果你们不听从我的话，也不从内心尊崇我的名，我必使咒诅临到你们，把你们的福气变成咒诅。其实我已经咒诅了你们，因为你们不把我的诫命放在心上。
圣经新译本 - 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听从，若不放在心上，不把荣耀归给我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们中间，我要咒诅你们应得的福分，并且已经咒诅了，因为你们没有把这命令放在心上。
中文标准译本 - 你们如果不听从，如果不放在心上，不把荣耀归于我的名，我就使诅咒临到你们，我要诅咒你们应得的祝福。事实上，我已经诅咒了，因为你们不把诫命放在心上。”
现代标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华说：你们若不听从，也不放在心上，将荣耀归于我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们，使你们的福分变为咒诅。因你们不把诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅你们了。
和合本（拼音版） - 万军之耶和华说：你们若不听从，也不放在心上，将荣耀归与我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们，使你们的福分变为咒诅；因你们不把诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅你们了。
New International Version - If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
English Standard Version - If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
New Living Translation - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
Christian Standard Bible - If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
New American Standard Bible - If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
New King James Version - If you will not hear, And if you will not take it to heart, To give glory to My name,” Says the Lord of hosts, “I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, Because you do not take it to heart.
Amplified Bible - If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
American Standard Version - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
King James Version - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
New English Translation - If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
World English Bible - If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
新標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：你們若不聽從，也不放在心上，將榮耀歸與我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們，使你們的福分變為咒詛；因你們不把誡命放在心上，我已經咒詛你們了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 萬軍之耶和華說：「你們若不聽，若不放在心上，將榮耀歸給我的名，我就使詛咒臨到你們，使你們的福分變為詛咒；其實我已經詛咒了你們的福分，因你們不把誡命放在心上。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 萬軍之耶和華說：「你們若不聽，若不放在心上，將榮耀歸給我的名，我就使詛咒臨到你們，使你們的福分變為詛咒；其實我已經詛咒了你們的福分，因你們不把誡命放在心上。
當代譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：「如果你們不聽從我的話，也不從內心尊崇我的名，我必使咒詛臨到你們，把你們的福氣變成咒詛。其實我已經咒詛了你們，因為你們不把我的誡命放在心上。
聖經新譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：“你們若不聽從，若不放在心上，不把榮耀歸給我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們中間，我要咒詛你們應得的福分，並且已經咒詛了，因為你們沒有把這命令放在心上。
呂振中譯本 - 你們若不聽，若不放在心上、不將榮耀歸與我的名，萬軍之永恆主說，我就降咒詛於你們中間；我必咒詛你們的福分；事實上、因你們不放在心上，我已經給以咒詛了。
中文標準譯本 - 你們如果不聽從，如果不放在心上，不把榮耀歸於我的名，我就使詛咒臨到你們，我要詛咒你們應得的祝福。事實上，我已經詛咒了，因為你們不把誡命放在心上。」
現代標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：你們若不聽從，也不放在心上，將榮耀歸於我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們，使你們的福分變為咒詛。因你們不把誡命放在心上，我已經咒詛你們了。
文理和合譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華曰、如爾不聽、不置於心、歸榮我名、我必降詛於爾、詛爾福祉、我已詛之、以爾不置於心也、
文理委辦譯本 - 萬有之主耶和華曰、如爾不聽、不悉心以思維、歸榮我名、我必降爾以災、以爾純嘏、變為咒詛、因爾不思、我已詛爾、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 萬有之主曰、如爾不聽、心不思維、心不思維或作不置於心下同以榮歸於我名、我必降災於爾、我必降災於爾或作我必使爾被咒詛使爾福變為禍、使爾福變為禍或作使爾曹不蒙福反被咒詛我已降災於爾、降災於爾或作使爾被咒詛因爾心不思維、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si no me hacen caso ni se deciden a honrar mi nombre —dice el Señor Todopoderoso—, les enviaré una maldición, y maldeciré sus bendiciones. Ya las he maldecido, porque ustedes no se han decidido a honrarme.
현대인의 성경 - “만일 너희가 내 말을 듣지 않고 진심으로 내 이름을 높이지 않으면 내가 너희에게 저주를 내려 너희 축복이 저주가 되게 하겠다. 너희가 내 말을 진지하게 받아들이지 않았으므로 사실 나는 이미 너희를 저주하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Мое имя, – говорит Господь Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклял их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
Восточный перевод - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Моё имя, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклинаю их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Моё имя, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклинаю их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Моё имя, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклинаю их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Si vous n’écoutez pas, si vous ne prenez pas à cœur de m’honorer, dit l’Eternel, le Seigneur des armées célestes, alors j’enverrai la malédiction contre vous. Et vos bénédictions, j’en ferai des malédictions. Oui, j’en fais des malédictions car aucun, parmi vous, ne prend à cœur de m’honorer.
Nova Versão Internacional - Se vocês não derem ouvidos e não se dispuserem a honrar o meu nome”, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, “lançarei maldição sobre vocês e até amaldiçoarei as suas bênçãos. Aliás, já as amaldiçoei, porque vocês não me honram de coração.
Hoffnung für alle - Nehmt euch meine Worte zu Herzen und gebt mir die Ehre, die mir gebührt! Sonst wird euch mein Fluch treffen. Ja, ich verfluche die Gaben, mit denen ich euch gesegnet habe. Aber ihr wollt ja nicht hören; deshalb habe ich, der Herr, der allmächtige Gott, schon mit eurer Bestrafung begonnen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nếu các ngươi không nghe, không hết lòng tôn vinh Danh Ta, thì Ta sẽ nguyền rủa các ngươi. Ta sẽ không cho các ngươi hưởng các phước lành đáng lẽ các ngươi được hưởng. Đúng ra, Ta đã nguyền rủa các ngươi rồi, vì các ngươi không lưu tâm đến điều ấy.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - หากเจ้าไม่ฟังและไม่ตั้งใจถวายเกียรติแด่นามของเรา เราจะส่งคำแช่งมาเหนือเจ้าและจะสาปแช่งพรของเจ้า ที่จริงเราได้สาปแช่งแล้ว เพราะเจ้าไม่ได้ตั้งใจถวายเกียรติเรา
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธากล่าวว่า “ถ้าพวกเจ้าจะไม่ฟัง ถ้าพวกเจ้าจะไม่ใส่ใจเพื่อยกย่องนามของเรา เราก็จะให้คำสาปแช่งตกอยู่กับพวกเจ้า และเราจะแช่งสาปพรที่เป็นของพวกเจ้า จริงๆ แล้วเราได้แช่งสาปพรแล้ว เพราะพวกเจ้าไม่ใส่ใจเลย

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Jeremiah 6:16 - The Lord tells the people of Judah, “Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said, ‘We won’t walk on it.’
Jeremiah 6:17 - I appointed prophets to warn you. I said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpets!’ But you said, ‘We won’t listen.’
Jeremiah 6:18 - So pay attention, you nations. You are witnesses for me. Watch what will happen to my people.
Jeremiah 6:19 - Earth, pay attention. I am going to bring trouble on them. I will punish them because of the evil things they have done. They have not listened to my words. They have said no to my law.
Jeremiah 6:20 - What do I care about incense from the land of Sheba? Why should I bother with sweet-smelling cane from a land far away? I do not accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices do not please me.”
Isaiah 42:25 - So he poured out his great anger on you. He had many of you killed in battle. You were surrounded by flames. But you didn’t realize what was happening. Many of you were destroyed. But you didn’t learn anything from it.
Jeremiah 34:17 - So the Lord says, “You have not obeyed me. You have not set your Hebrew slaves free. So now I will set you free,” announces the Lord. “I will set you free to be destroyed by war, plague and hunger. I will make all the kingdoms on earth displeased with you.
Hosea 9:11 - Ephraim’s greatness and glory will be gone. It will fly away like a bird. Women will no longer have children. They will not be able to get pregnant.
Hosea 9:12 - But suppose they do have children. Then I will kill every one of them. How terrible it will be for them when I turn away from them!
Hosea 9:13 - Tyre is planted in a pleasant place. And so is Ephraim. But the Assyrians will kill Ephraim’s children.”
Hosea 9:14 - Lord, what should you do to Ephraim’s people? Give them women whose babies die before they are born. Give them women whose breasts have no milk.
Isaiah 30:8 - The Lord said to me, “Go now. Write on a tablet for the people of Judah what I am about to say. Also write it on a scroll. In days to come it will be a witness that lasts forever.
Isaiah 30:9 - That’s because these people of Judah refuse to obey me. They are children who tell lies. They will not listen to what I want to teach them.
Isaiah 30:10 - They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see any more visions!’ They say to the prophets, ‘Don’t give us any more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy things we want to hear even if they aren’t true.
Isaiah 30:11 - Get out of our way! Get off our path! Keep the Holy One of Israel away from us!’ ”
Isaiah 30:12 - So the Holy One of Israel speaks. He says, “You have turned your backs on what I have said. You have depended on telling people lies. You have crushed others.
Isaiah 30:13 - Those sins are like cracks in a high wall. They get bigger and bigger. Suddenly the wall breaks apart. Then it quickly falls down.
Haggai 1:6 - You have planted many seeds. But the crops you have gathered are small. So you eat. But you never have enough. You drink. But you are never full. You put on your clothes. But you are not warm. You earn your pay. But it will not buy everything you need.”
Isaiah 47:7 - You said, ‘I am queen forever!’ But you did not think about what you were doing. You did not consider how things might turn out.
Zechariah 7:11 - But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.
Zechariah 7:12 - They made their hearts as hard as the hardest stone. They wouldn’t listen to the law. They wouldn’t pay attention to the Lord’s messages. So the Lord who rules over all was very angry. After all, his Spirit had spoken to his people through the earlier prophets.
Zechariah 7:13 - “When I called, they did not listen,” says the Lord. “So when they called, I would not listen.
Zechariah 7:14 - I used a windstorm to scatter them among all the nations. They were strangers there. The land they left behind became dry and empty. No one could even travel through it. This is how they turned the pleasant land into a dry and empty desert.”
Haggai 2:16 - People went to get 20 measures of grain. But they could find only 10. They went to where the wine was stored to get 50 measures. But only 20 were there.
Haggai 2:17 - You worked very hard to produce all those things. But I struck them with rot, mold and hail. And you still did not return to me,’ announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:3 - And now he says to us, “Return to me. Then I will return to you,” announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:4 - “Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said, ‘Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:5 - “Where are those people now? And what about my prophets? Do they live forever?
Zechariah 1:6 - I commanded my servants the prophets what to say. I told them what I planned to do. But your people refused to obey me. So I had to punish them. “Then they had a change of heart. They said, ‘The Lord who rules over all has punished us because of how we have lived. He was fair and right to do that. He has done to us just what he decided to do.’ ”
Jeremiah 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God. Honor him before he sends darkness to cover the land. Do this before you trip and fall on the darkened hills. You hope that light will come. But he will turn it into thick darkness. He will change it to deep shadows.
Jeremiah 13:17 - If you don’t listen, I will weep in secret. Because you are so proud, I will weep bitterly. Tears will flow from my eyes. The Lord’s flock will be taken away as prisoners.
Deuteronomy 28:15 - But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.
Deuteronomy 28:16 - You will be cursed in the cities. You will be cursed out in the country.
Deuteronomy 28:17 - Your baskets and bread pans will be cursed.
Deuteronomy 28:18 - Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.
Deuteronomy 28:19 - You will be cursed no matter where you go.
Deuteronomy 28:20 - The Lord will send curses on you. You won’t know what’s going on. In everything you do, he will be angry with you. You will be destroyed suddenly and completely. This will happen because you did an evil thing when you deserted the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:21 - He will send all kinds of sicknesses on you. He’ll send them until he has destroyed you. He’ll remove you from the land you are entering to take as your own.
Deuteronomy 28:22 - The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.
Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24 - The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:25 - The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.
Deuteronomy 28:26 - Birds and wild animals will eat up your dead bodies. There won’t be anyone left to scare them away.
Deuteronomy 28:27 - The Lord will send boils on you, just like the ones he sent on the Egyptians. You will have growths in your bodies and boils on your skin. You will itch all over. No one will be able to heal you.
Deuteronomy 28:28 - The Lord will make you lose your mind. He will make you blind. You won’t know what’s going on.
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Even at noon you will have to feel your way around like a blind person in the dark. You won’t have success in anything you do. Day after day you will be robbed and treated badly. No one will be able to save you.
Deuteronomy 28:30 - You and a woman will promise to marry each other. But another man will take her and rape her. You will build a house. But you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard. But you won’t eat a single grape from it.
Deuteronomy 28:31 - Your ox will be killed right in front of your eyes. But you won’t eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force. And you will never get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies. No one will be able to save them.
Deuteronomy 28:32 - Your children will be given to another nation. Day after day you will watch for them to come back. But you will only wear out your eyes. You won’t be able to help your children.
Deuteronomy 28:33 - A nation you don’t know anything about will eat what you work to produce on your land. You will only be treated badly as long as you live.
Deuteronomy 28:34 - The things you see will make you lose your mind.
Deuteronomy 28:35 - The Lord will send painful boils on your knees and legs. No one will be able to heal them. They will cover you from head to toe.
Deuteronomy 28:36 - The Lord will drive you out of the land. And he will drive out the king you place over yourselves. All of you will go to another nation. You and your people of long ago didn’t know anything about them. There you will worship other gods. They will be made out of wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 28:37 - You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.
Deuteronomy 28:38 - You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
Deuteronomy 28:39 - You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won’t drink the wine. You won’t gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.
Deuteronomy 28:40 - You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won’t use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.
Deuteronomy 28:41 - You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.
Deuteronomy 28:42 - Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.
Deuteronomy 28:43 - Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.
Deuteronomy 28:44 - They will lend money to you. But you won’t be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
Deuteronomy 28:45 - The Lord your God will send all these curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They’ll catch up with you. You will be under the Lord’s curse until you are destroyed. That’s because you didn’t obey him. You didn’t keep the commands and rules he gave you.
Deuteronomy 28:46 - These curses will remain as signs and awful judgments against you and your children after you forever.
Deuteronomy 28:47 - You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.
Deuteronomy 28:48 - So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 28:49 - The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won’t understand that nation’s language.
Deuteronomy 28:50 - Its people will look mean. They won’t have any respect for old people. They won’t show any kindness to young people.
Deuteronomy 28:51 - They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They’ll eat up the crops on your land. They’ll destroy you. They won’t leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won’t leave you any calves or lambs. They’ll destroy you.
Deuteronomy 28:52 - They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:53 - Your enemies will surround you and attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 28:54 - There may be a gentle and caring man among you. But he will treat his own brother badly. He’ll be just as mean to the wife he loves and to any of his children who are still alive.
Deuteronomy 28:55 - He won’t give to a single one of them any part of the dead bodies of his children that he’s eating. It will be all he has left to eat. That’s how much your enemies will make you suffer when they surround all your cities and attack them.
Deuteronomy 28:56 - There may be a gentle and caring woman among you. She wouldn’t even touch the ground with her feet without first putting her sandals on. But she will not share anything with the husband she loves. She won’t share with her own children either.
Deuteronomy 28:57 - She will eat what comes out of her body after she has a baby. Then she’ll even eat her baby. She won’t share it with anyone in her family. In her great hunger she’ll plan to eat it in secret. There won’t be anything else for her to eat because the city she lives in will be surrounded. That’s an example of how much your enemies will make you suffer when they are attacking your cities.
Deuteronomy 28:58 - Be careful to follow all the words of this law. They are written in this scroll. Have respect for the glorious and wonderful name of the Lord your God. If you don’t,
Deuteronomy 28:59 - he will send terrible plagues on you and your children after you. He’ll send horrible and lasting troubles. He’ll make you very sick for a long time.
Deuteronomy 28:60 - He’ll bring on you all the sicknesses you were afraid of getting when you were in Egypt. You won’t be able to get rid of them.
Deuteronomy 28:61 - The Lord will also bring on you all other kinds of sickness and trouble. I haven’t even written those down in this Book of the Law. You will be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:62 - At one time you were as many as the stars in the sky. But there will only be a few of you left. That’s because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 28:63 - It pleased the Lord to give you success and to cause there to be many of you. But it will please him just as much to wipe you out and destroy you. You will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.
Deuteronomy 28:64 - Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.
Deuteronomy 28:65 - Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.
Deuteronomy 28:66 - Your lives will always be in danger. You will be filled with fear night and day. You will never be sure you are safe.
Deuteronomy 28:67 - In the morning you will say, “We wish it were evening!” In the evening you will say, “We wish it were morning!” Your hearts will be filled with fear. The things you see will terrify you.
Deuteronomy 28:68 - The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships. He’ll send you on a journey I said you should never have to make again. You will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves in Egypt. But no one will buy you.
Revelation 16:9 - They were burned by the blazing heat. So they spoke evil things against the name of God, who controlled these plagues. But they refused to turn away from their sins. They did not give glory to God.
Joshua 7:19 - Joshua said to Achan, “My son, the Lord is the God of Israel. So give him glory and honor him by telling the truth! Tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
Deuteronomy 30:17 - Don’t let your hearts turn away from the Lord. Instead, obey him. Don’t let yourselves be drawn away to other gods. And don’t bow down to them and worship them.
Deuteronomy 30:18 - If you do, I announce to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You are about to go across the Jordan River and take over the land. But you won’t live there very long.
Jeremiah 25:4 - “The Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you. They’ve come to you again and again. But you haven’t listened. You haven’t paid any attention to them.
Jeremiah 25:5 - They said, ‘Each of you must turn from your evil ways and practices. Then you can stay in the land forever. It’s the land the Lord gave you and your people of long ago.
Jeremiah 25:6 - Don’t follow other gods. Don’t serve them or worship them. Don’t make the Lord angry with the gods your own hands have made. Then he won’t harm you.’
Jeremiah 25:7 - “ ‘But you did not listen to me,’ announces the Lord. ‘You have made me very angry with the gods your hands have made. And you have brought harm on yourselves.’
Jeremiah 25:8 - “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘You have not listened to my words.
Jeremiah 25:9 - So I will send for all the nations in the north. And I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will bring all of them against this land and against you who live here. They will march out against all the nations that are around this land. I will set apart Judah and the nations around it in a special way to be destroyed. People will be shocked because of them. And they will make fun of them. Those nations will be destroyed forever.
Hosea 4:7 - The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me. They have traded their glorious God for that shameful god named Baal.
Hosea 4:8 - They live off the sins of my people. And they want them to keep on sinning.
Hosea 4:9 - So here is what I will do. I will punish people and priests alike. I will judge them because of their sinful lives. I will pay them back for the evil things they have done.
Hosea 4:10 - “My people will eat. But they will not have enough. They will have sex with prostitutes. But they will not have any children. That’s because they have deserted me. They have sex
Psalm 109:7 - When they are tried, let them be found guilty. May even their prayers judge them.
Psalm 109:8 - May their days be few. Let others take their places as leaders.
Psalm 109:9 - May their children’s fathers die. May their wives become widows.
Psalm 109:10 - May their children be driven from their destroyed homes. May they wander around like beggars.
Psalm 109:11 - May everything those people own be taken away to pay for what they owe. May strangers rob them of everything they’ve worked for.
Psalm 109:12 - May no one be kind to them or take pity on the children they leave behind.
Psalm 109:13 - May their family line come to an end. May their names be forgotten by those who live after them.
Psalm 109:14 - May the Lord remember the evil things their fathers have done. May he never erase the sins of their mothers.
Psalm 109:15 - May the Lord never forget their sins. Then he won’t let people remember the names of my enemies anymore.
Haggai 1:9 - “You expected a lot. But you can see what a small amount it turned out to be. I blew away what you brought home. I’ll tell you why,” announces the Lord who rules over all. “Because my temple is still destroyed. In spite of that, each one of you is busy with your own house.
Isaiah 57:11 - “Who are you so afraid of that you have not been faithful to me? You have not remembered me. What you do doesn’t even bother you. I have not punished you for a long time. That is why you are not afraid of me.
Ezekiel 3:7 - But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.
1 Peter 4:11 - If anyone speaks, they should do it as one speaking God’s words. If anyone serves, they should do it with the strength God provides. Then in all things God will be praised through Jesus Christ. Glory and power belong to him for ever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 81:11 - “But my people wouldn’t listen to me. Israel wouldn’t obey me.
Psalm 81:12 - So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.
Luke 23:28 - Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me. Weep for yourselves and for your children.
Luke 23:29 - The time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the women who can’t have children! Blessed are those who never gave birth or nursed babies!’
Luke 23:30 - It is written, “ ‘The people will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” They’ll say to the hills, “Cover us!” ’ ( Hosea 10:8 )
Psalm 69:22 - Let their feast be a trap and a snare. Let my enemies get what’s coming to them.
Leviticus 26:14 - “ ‘On the other hand, suppose you do not listen to me. Suppose you do not carry out all my commands.
Leviticus 26:15 - Suppose you say no to my rules and turn away from my laws. And suppose you break my covenant by failing to carry out all my commands.
Leviticus 26:16 - Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted.
Leviticus 26:17 - I will turn against you. Then your enemies will win the battle over you. Those who hate you will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
Leviticus 26:18 - “ ‘After all that, suppose you still will not listen to me. Then I will punish you for your sins seven times.
Leviticus 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it.
Leviticus 26:20 - You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.
Leviticus 26:21 - “ ‘Suppose you continue to be my enemy. And suppose you still refuse to listen to me. Then I will multiply your troubles many times because of your sins.
Leviticus 26:22 - I will send wild animals against you. They will kill your children. They will destroy your cattle. There will be so few of you left that your roads will be deserted.
Leviticus 26:23 - “ ‘After all those things, suppose you still do not accept my warnings. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.
Leviticus 26:24 - Then I myself will be your enemy. I will make you suffer again and again for your sins.
Leviticus 26:25 - I will send war against you to punish you for breaking my covenant. When you go back into your cities, I will send a plague among you. You will be handed over to your enemies.
Leviticus 26:26 - I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.
Leviticus 26:27 - “ ‘After all that, suppose you still do not listen to me. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.
Leviticus 26:28 - Then I will be angry with you. I will be your enemy. I myself will again punish you for your sins over and over.
Leviticus 26:29 - You will eat the dead bodies of your sons. You will also eat the dead bodies of your daughters.
Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you.
Leviticus 26:31 - I will completely destroy your cities. I will destroy your places of worship. The pleasant smell of your offerings will not give me any delight.
Leviticus 26:32 - I myself will destroy your land so completely that your enemies who live there will be shocked.
Leviticus 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed.
Leviticus 26:34 - Then the deserted land will enjoy its sabbath years. It will rest. It will not be farmed. It will enjoy its sabbaths. But you will become prisoners in the country of your enemies.
Leviticus 26:35 - The land will rest the whole time it is deserted. It was not able to rest during the sabbaths you lived in it.
Leviticus 26:36 - “ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.
Leviticus 26:37 - You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies.
Leviticus 26:38 - While you are still scattered among the nations, you will die. The lands of your enemies will destroy you.
Leviticus 26:39 - You who are left in those lands will become weaker and weaker. You will die because of your sins and the sins of your people who lived before you.
Leviticus 26:40 - “ ‘But suppose you admit that both you and your people who lived before you have sinned. You admit the evil and dishonest things you have done against me. And you admit you have become my enemy.
Leviticus 26:41 - What you did made me become your enemy. I let your enemies take you into their land. But suppose you stop being stubborn. You stop being proud. And you pay for your sin.
Leviticus 26:42 - Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will remember my covenant with Isaac. I will remember my covenant with Abraham. I will remember what I said to them about the land.
Leviticus 26:43 - You will leave the land. It will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies deserted because you are not there. You will pay for your sins because you said no to my laws. You turned away from my rules.
Leviticus 26:44 - But even after all that, I will not say no to you or turn away from you. I will not destroy you completely in the land of your enemies. I will not break my covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26:45 - Because of you, I will remember the covenant I made with the people of Israel who lived before you. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God. The nations saw me do it. I am the Lord.’ ”
Leviticus 26:46 - These are the orders, the laws and the rules of the covenant the Lord made on Mount Sinai. He made it between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
Luke 17:18 - Didn’t anyone else return and give praise to God except this outsider?”
Revelation 14:7 - In a loud voice he said, “Have respect for God. Give him glory. The hour has come for God to judge. Worship him who made the heavens and the earth. Worship him who made the sea and the springs of water.”
Malachi 3:9 - So you are under my curse. In fact, your whole nation is under my curse. That is because you are robbing me.

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New International Reader's Version - Listen to it. Honor me with all your heart,” says the Lord who rules over all. “If you do not, I will send a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. In fact, I have already done that because you have not honored me with all your heart.
新标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华说：你们若不听从，也不放在心上，将荣耀归与我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们，使你们的福分变为咒诅；因你们不把诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅你们了。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听，若不放在心上，将荣耀归给我的名，我就使诅咒临到你们，使你们的福分变为诅咒；其实我已经诅咒了你们的福分，因你们不把诫命放在心上。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听，若不放在心上，将荣耀归给我的名，我就使诅咒临到你们，使你们的福分变为诅咒；其实我已经诅咒了你们的福分，因你们不把诫命放在心上。
当代译本 - 万军之耶和华说：“如果你们不听从我的话，也不从内心尊崇我的名，我必使咒诅临到你们，把你们的福气变成咒诅。其实我已经咒诅了你们，因为你们不把我的诫命放在心上。
圣经新译本 - 万军之耶和华说：“你们若不听从，若不放在心上，不把荣耀归给我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们中间，我要咒诅你们应得的福分，并且已经咒诅了，因为你们没有把这命令放在心上。
中文标准译本 - 你们如果不听从，如果不放在心上，不把荣耀归于我的名，我就使诅咒临到你们，我要诅咒你们应得的祝福。事实上，我已经诅咒了，因为你们不把诫命放在心上。”
现代标点和合本 - 万军之耶和华说：你们若不听从，也不放在心上，将荣耀归于我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们，使你们的福分变为咒诅。因你们不把诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅你们了。
和合本（拼音版） - 万军之耶和华说：你们若不听从，也不放在心上，将荣耀归与我的名，我就使咒诅临到你们，使你们的福分变为咒诅；因你们不把诫命放在心上，我已经咒诅你们了。
New International Version - If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
English Standard Version - If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
New Living Translation - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
Christian Standard Bible - If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
New American Standard Bible - If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
New King James Version - If you will not hear, And if you will not take it to heart, To give glory to My name,” Says the Lord of hosts, “I will send a curse upon you, And I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, Because you do not take it to heart.
Amplified Bible - If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
American Standard Version - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
King James Version - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
New English Translation - If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
World English Bible - If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.
新標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：你們若不聽從，也不放在心上，將榮耀歸與我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們，使你們的福分變為咒詛；因你們不把誡命放在心上，我已經咒詛你們了。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 萬軍之耶和華說：「你們若不聽，若不放在心上，將榮耀歸給我的名，我就使詛咒臨到你們，使你們的福分變為詛咒；其實我已經詛咒了你們的福分，因你們不把誡命放在心上。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 萬軍之耶和華說：「你們若不聽，若不放在心上，將榮耀歸給我的名，我就使詛咒臨到你們，使你們的福分變為詛咒；其實我已經詛咒了你們的福分，因你們不把誡命放在心上。
當代譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：「如果你們不聽從我的話，也不從內心尊崇我的名，我必使咒詛臨到你們，把你們的福氣變成咒詛。其實我已經咒詛了你們，因為你們不把我的誡命放在心上。
聖經新譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：“你們若不聽從，若不放在心上，不把榮耀歸給我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們中間，我要咒詛你們應得的福分，並且已經咒詛了，因為你們沒有把這命令放在心上。
呂振中譯本 - 你們若不聽，若不放在心上、不將榮耀歸與我的名，萬軍之永恆主說，我就降咒詛於你們中間；我必咒詛你們的福分；事實上、因你們不放在心上，我已經給以咒詛了。
中文標準譯本 - 你們如果不聽從，如果不放在心上，不把榮耀歸於我的名，我就使詛咒臨到你們，我要詛咒你們應得的祝福。事實上，我已經詛咒了，因為你們不把誡命放在心上。」
現代標點和合本 - 萬軍之耶和華說：你們若不聽從，也不放在心上，將榮耀歸於我的名，我就使咒詛臨到你們，使你們的福分變為咒詛。因你們不把誡命放在心上，我已經咒詛你們了。
文理和合譯本 - 萬軍之耶和華曰、如爾不聽、不置於心、歸榮我名、我必降詛於爾、詛爾福祉、我已詛之、以爾不置於心也、
文理委辦譯本 - 萬有之主耶和華曰、如爾不聽、不悉心以思維、歸榮我名、我必降爾以災、以爾純嘏、變為咒詛、因爾不思、我已詛爾、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 萬有之主曰、如爾不聽、心不思維、心不思維或作不置於心下同以榮歸於我名、我必降災於爾、我必降災於爾或作我必使爾被咒詛使爾福變為禍、使爾福變為禍或作使爾曹不蒙福反被咒詛我已降災於爾、降災於爾或作使爾被咒詛因爾心不思維、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Si no me hacen caso ni se deciden a honrar mi nombre —dice el Señor Todopoderoso—, les enviaré una maldición, y maldeciré sus bendiciones. Ya las he maldecido, porque ustedes no se han decidido a honrarme.
현대인의 성경 - “만일 너희가 내 말을 듣지 않고 진심으로 내 이름을 높이지 않으면 내가 너희에게 저주를 내려 너희 축복이 저주가 되게 하겠다. 너희가 내 말을 진지하게 받아들이지 않았으므로 사실 나는 이미 너희를 저주하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Мое имя, – говорит Господь Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклял их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
Восточный перевод - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Моё имя, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклинаю их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Моё имя, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклинаю их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - если вы не послушаетесь и не положите себе на сердце славить Моё имя, – говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил, – Я пошлю на вас проклятие и прокляну ваши благословения; истинно, Я уже проклинаю их, потому что вы не положили этого себе на сердце.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Si vous n’écoutez pas, si vous ne prenez pas à cœur de m’honorer, dit l’Eternel, le Seigneur des armées célestes, alors j’enverrai la malédiction contre vous. Et vos bénédictions, j’en ferai des malédictions. Oui, j’en fais des malédictions car aucun, parmi vous, ne prend à cœur de m’honorer.
Nova Versão Internacional - Se vocês não derem ouvidos e não se dispuserem a honrar o meu nome”, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos, “lançarei maldição sobre vocês e até amaldiçoarei as suas bênçãos. Aliás, já as amaldiçoei, porque vocês não me honram de coração.
Hoffnung für alle - Nehmt euch meine Worte zu Herzen und gebt mir die Ehre, die mir gebührt! Sonst wird euch mein Fluch treffen. Ja, ich verfluche die Gaben, mit denen ich euch gesegnet habe. Aber ihr wollt ja nicht hören; deshalb habe ich, der Herr, der allmächtige Gott, schon mit eurer Bestrafung begonnen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nếu các ngươi không nghe, không hết lòng tôn vinh Danh Ta, thì Ta sẽ nguyền rủa các ngươi. Ta sẽ không cho các ngươi hưởng các phước lành đáng lẽ các ngươi được hưởng. Đúng ra, Ta đã nguyền rủa các ngươi rồi, vì các ngươi không lưu tâm đến điều ấy.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - หากเจ้าไม่ฟังและไม่ตั้งใจถวายเกียรติแด่นามของเรา เราจะส่งคำแช่งมาเหนือเจ้าและจะสาปแช่งพรของเจ้า ที่จริงเราได้สาปแช่งแล้ว เพราะเจ้าไม่ได้ตั้งใจถวายเกียรติเรา
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Jeremiah 6:16 - The Lord tells the people of Judah, “Stand where the roads cross, and look around. Ask where the old paths are. Ask for the good path, and walk on it. Then your hearts will find rest in me. But you said, ‘We won’t walk on it.’
Jeremiah 6:17 - I appointed prophets to warn you. I said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpets!’ But you said, ‘We won’t listen.’
Jeremiah 6:18 - So pay attention, you nations. You are witnesses for me. Watch what will happen to my people.
Jeremiah 6:19 - Earth, pay attention. I am going to bring trouble on them. I will punish them because of the evil things they have done. They have not listened to my words. They have said no to my law.
Jeremiah 6:20 - What do I care about incense from the land of Sheba? Why should I bother with sweet-smelling cane from a land far away? I do not accept your burnt offerings. Your sacrifices do not please me.”
Isaiah 42:25 - So he poured out his great anger on you. He had many of you killed in battle. You were surrounded by flames. But you didn’t realize what was happening. Many of you were destroyed. But you didn’t learn anything from it.
Jeremiah 34:17 - So the Lord says, “You have not obeyed me. You have not set your Hebrew slaves free. So now I will set you free,” announces the Lord. “I will set you free to be destroyed by war, plague and hunger. I will make all the kingdoms on earth displeased with you.
Hosea 9:11 - Ephraim’s greatness and glory will be gone. It will fly away like a bird. Women will no longer have children. They will not be able to get pregnant.
Hosea 9:12 - But suppose they do have children. Then I will kill every one of them. How terrible it will be for them when I turn away from them!
Hosea 9:13 - Tyre is planted in a pleasant place. And so is Ephraim. But the Assyrians will kill Ephraim’s children.”
Hosea 9:14 - Lord, what should you do to Ephraim’s people? Give them women whose babies die before they are born. Give them women whose breasts have no milk.
Isaiah 30:8 - The Lord said to me, “Go now. Write on a tablet for the people of Judah what I am about to say. Also write it on a scroll. In days to come it will be a witness that lasts forever.
Isaiah 30:9 - That’s because these people of Judah refuse to obey me. They are children who tell lies. They will not listen to what I want to teach them.
Isaiah 30:10 - They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see any more visions!’ They say to the prophets, ‘Don’t give us any more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy things we want to hear even if they aren’t true.
Isaiah 30:11 - Get out of our way! Get off our path! Keep the Holy One of Israel away from us!’ ”
Isaiah 30:12 - So the Holy One of Israel speaks. He says, “You have turned your backs on what I have said. You have depended on telling people lies. You have crushed others.
Isaiah 30:13 - Those sins are like cracks in a high wall. They get bigger and bigger. Suddenly the wall breaks apart. Then it quickly falls down.
Haggai 1:6 - You have planted many seeds. But the crops you have gathered are small. So you eat. But you never have enough. You drink. But you are never full. You put on your clothes. But you are not warm. You earn your pay. But it will not buy everything you need.”
Isaiah 47:7 - You said, ‘I am queen forever!’ But you did not think about what you were doing. You did not consider how things might turn out.
Zechariah 7:11 - But they refused to pay attention to the Lord. They were stubborn. They turned their backs and covered their ears.
Zechariah 7:12 - They made their hearts as hard as the hardest stone. They wouldn’t listen to the law. They wouldn’t pay attention to the Lord’s messages. So the Lord who rules over all was very angry. After all, his Spirit had spoken to his people through the earlier prophets.
Zechariah 7:13 - “When I called, they did not listen,” says the Lord. “So when they called, I would not listen.
Zechariah 7:14 - I used a windstorm to scatter them among all the nations. They were strangers there. The land they left behind became dry and empty. No one could even travel through it. This is how they turned the pleasant land into a dry and empty desert.”
Haggai 2:16 - People went to get 20 measures of grain. But they could find only 10. They went to where the wine was stored to get 50 measures. But only 20 were there.
Haggai 2:17 - You worked very hard to produce all those things. But I struck them with rot, mold and hail. And you still did not return to me,’ announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:3 - And now he says to us, “Return to me. Then I will return to you,” announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:4 - “Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said, ‘Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.
Zechariah 1:5 - “Where are those people now? And what about my prophets? Do they live forever?
Zechariah 1:6 - I commanded my servants the prophets what to say. I told them what I planned to do. But your people refused to obey me. So I had to punish them. “Then they had a change of heart. They said, ‘The Lord who rules over all has punished us because of how we have lived. He was fair and right to do that. He has done to us just what he decided to do.’ ”
Jeremiah 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God. Honor him before he sends darkness to cover the land. Do this before you trip and fall on the darkened hills. You hope that light will come. But he will turn it into thick darkness. He will change it to deep shadows.
Jeremiah 13:17 - If you don’t listen, I will weep in secret. Because you are so proud, I will weep bitterly. Tears will flow from my eyes. The Lord’s flock will be taken away as prisoners.
Deuteronomy 28:15 - But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.
Deuteronomy 28:16 - You will be cursed in the cities. You will be cursed out in the country.
Deuteronomy 28:17 - Your baskets and bread pans will be cursed.
Deuteronomy 28:18 - Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.
Deuteronomy 28:19 - You will be cursed no matter where you go.
Deuteronomy 28:20 - The Lord will send curses on you. You won’t know what’s going on. In everything you do, he will be angry with you. You will be destroyed suddenly and completely. This will happen because you did an evil thing when you deserted the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:21 - He will send all kinds of sicknesses on you. He’ll send them until he has destroyed you. He’ll remove you from the land you are entering to take as your own.
Deuteronomy 28:22 - The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.
Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24 - The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:25 - The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.
Deuteronomy 28:26 - Birds and wild animals will eat up your dead bodies. There won’t be anyone left to scare them away.
Deuteronomy 28:27 - The Lord will send boils on you, just like the ones he sent on the Egyptians. You will have growths in your bodies and boils on your skin. You will itch all over. No one will be able to heal you.
Deuteronomy 28:28 - The Lord will make you lose your mind. He will make you blind. You won’t know what’s going on.
Deuteronomy 28:29 - Even at noon you will have to feel your way around like a blind person in the dark. You won’t have success in anything you do. Day after day you will be robbed and treated badly. No one will be able to save you.
Deuteronomy 28:30 - You and a woman will promise to marry each other. But another man will take her and rape her. You will build a house. But you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard. But you won’t eat a single grape from it.
Deuteronomy 28:31 - Your ox will be killed right in front of your eyes. But you won’t eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force. And you will never get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies. No one will be able to save them.
Deuteronomy 28:32 - Your children will be given to another nation. Day after day you will watch for them to come back. But you will only wear out your eyes. You won’t be able to help your children.
Deuteronomy 28:33 - A nation you don’t know anything about will eat what you work to produce on your land. You will only be treated badly as long as you live.
Deuteronomy 28:34 - The things you see will make you lose your mind.
Deuteronomy 28:35 - The Lord will send painful boils on your knees and legs. No one will be able to heal them. They will cover you from head to toe.
Deuteronomy 28:36 - The Lord will drive you out of the land. And he will drive out the king you place over yourselves. All of you will go to another nation. You and your people of long ago didn’t know anything about them. There you will worship other gods. They will be made out of wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 28:37 - You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.
Deuteronomy 28:38 - You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
Deuteronomy 28:39 - You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won’t drink the wine. You won’t gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.
Deuteronomy 28:40 - You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won’t use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.
Deuteronomy 28:41 - You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.
Deuteronomy 28:42 - Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.
Deuteronomy 28:43 - Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.
Deuteronomy 28:44 - They will lend money to you. But you won’t be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
Deuteronomy 28:45 - The Lord your God will send all these curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They’ll catch up with you. You will be under the Lord’s curse until you are destroyed. That’s because you didn’t obey him. You didn’t keep the commands and rules he gave you.
Deuteronomy 28:46 - These curses will remain as signs and awful judgments against you and your children after you forever.
Deuteronomy 28:47 - You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.
Deuteronomy 28:48 - So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 28:49 - The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won’t understand that nation’s language.
Deuteronomy 28:50 - Its people will look mean. They won’t have any respect for old people. They won’t show any kindness to young people.
Deuteronomy 28:51 - They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They’ll eat up the crops on your land. They’ll destroy you. They won’t leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won’t leave you any calves or lambs. They’ll destroy you.
Deuteronomy 28:52 - They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 28:53 - Your enemies will surround you and attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 28:54 - There may be a gentle and caring man among you. But he will treat his own brother badly. He’ll be just as mean to the wife he loves and to any of his children who are still alive.
Deuteronomy 28:55 - He won’t give to a single one of them any part of the dead bodies of his children that he’s eating. It will be all he has left to eat. That’s how much your enemies will make you suffer when they surround all your cities and attack them.
Deuteronomy 28:56 - There may be a gentle and caring woman among you. She wouldn’t even touch the ground with her feet without first putting her sandals on. But she will not share anything with the husband she loves. She won’t share with her own children either.
Deuteronomy 28:57 - She will eat what comes out of her body after she has a baby. Then she’ll even eat her baby. She won’t share it with anyone in her family. In her great hunger she’ll plan to eat it in secret. There won’t be anything else for her to eat because the city she lives in will be surrounded. That’s an example of how much your enemies will make you suffer when they are attacking your cities.
Deuteronomy 28:58 - Be careful to follow all the words of this law. They are written in this scroll. Have respect for the glorious and wonderful name of the Lord your God. If you don’t,
Deuteronomy 28:59 - he will send terrible plagues on you and your children after you. He’ll send horrible and lasting troubles. He’ll make you very sick for a long time.
Deuteronomy 28:60 - He’ll bring on you all the sicknesses you were afraid of getting when you were in Egypt. You won’t be able to get rid of them.
Deuteronomy 28:61 - The Lord will also bring on you all other kinds of sickness and trouble. I haven’t even written those down in this Book of the Law. You will be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:62 - At one time you were as many as the stars in the sky. But there will only be a few of you left. That’s because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 28:63 - It pleased the Lord to give you success and to cause there to be many of you. But it will please him just as much to wipe you out and destroy you. You will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.
Deuteronomy 28:64 - Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.
Deuteronomy 28:65 - Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.
Deuteronomy 28:66 - Your lives will always be in danger. You will be filled with fear night and day. You will never be sure you are safe.
Deuteronomy 28:67 - In the morning you will say, “We wish it were evening!” In the evening you will say, “We wish it were morning!” Your hearts will be filled with fear. The things you see will terrify you.
Deuteronomy 28:68 - The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships. He’ll send you on a journey I said you should never have to make again. You will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves in Egypt. But no one will buy you.
Revelation 16:9 - They were burned by the blazing heat. So they spoke evil things against the name of God, who controlled these plagues. But they refused to turn away from their sins. They did not give glory to God.
Joshua 7:19 - Joshua said to Achan, “My son, the Lord is the God of Israel. So give him glory and honor him by telling the truth! Tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
Deuteronomy 30:17 - Don’t let your hearts turn away from the Lord. Instead, obey him. Don’t let yourselves be drawn away to other gods. And don’t bow down to them and worship them.
Deuteronomy 30:18 - If you do, I announce to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You are about to go across the Jordan River and take over the land. But you won’t live there very long.
Jeremiah 25:4 - “The Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you. They’ve come to you again and again. But you haven’t listened. You haven’t paid any attention to them.
Jeremiah 25:5 - They said, ‘Each of you must turn from your evil ways and practices. Then you can stay in the land forever. It’s the land the Lord gave you and your people of long ago.
Jeremiah 25:6 - Don’t follow other gods. Don’t serve them or worship them. Don’t make the Lord angry with the gods your own hands have made. Then he won’t harm you.’
Jeremiah 25:7 - “ ‘But you did not listen to me,’ announces the Lord. ‘You have made me very angry with the gods your hands have made. And you have brought harm on yourselves.’
Jeremiah 25:8 - “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘You have not listened to my words.
Jeremiah 25:9 - So I will send for all the nations in the north. And I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will bring all of them against this land and against you who live here. They will march out against all the nations that are around this land. I will set apart Judah and the nations around it in a special way to be destroyed. People will be shocked because of them. And they will make fun of them. Those nations will be destroyed forever.
Hosea 4:7 - The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me. They have traded their glorious God for that shameful god named Baal.
Hosea 4:8 - They live off the sins of my people. And they want them to keep on sinning.
Hosea 4:9 - So here is what I will do. I will punish people and priests alike. I will judge them because of their sinful lives. I will pay them back for the evil things they have done.
Hosea 4:10 - “My people will eat. But they will not have enough. They will have sex with prostitutes. But they will not have any children. That’s because they have deserted me. They have sex
Psalm 109:7 - When they are tried, let them be found guilty. May even their prayers judge them.
Psalm 109:8 - May their days be few. Let others take their places as leaders.
Psalm 109:9 - May their children’s fathers die. May their wives become widows.
Psalm 109:10 - May their children be driven from their destroyed homes. May they wander around like beggars.
Psalm 109:11 - May everything those people own be taken away to pay for what they owe. May strangers rob them of everything they’ve worked for.
Psalm 109:12 - May no one be kind to them or take pity on the children they leave behind.
Psalm 109:13 - May their family line come to an end. May their names be forgotten by those who live after them.
Psalm 109:14 - May the Lord remember the evil things their fathers have done. May he never erase the sins of their mothers.
Psalm 109:15 - May the Lord never forget their sins. Then he won’t let people remember the names of my enemies anymore.
Haggai 1:9 - “You expected a lot. But you can see what a small amount it turned out to be. I blew away what you brought home. I’ll tell you why,” announces the Lord who rules over all. “Because my temple is still destroyed. In spite of that, each one of you is busy with your own house.
Isaiah 57:11 - “Who are you so afraid of that you have not been faithful to me? You have not remembered me. What you do doesn’t even bother you. I have not punished you for a long time. That is why you are not afraid of me.
Ezekiel 3:7 - But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.
1 Peter 4:11 - If anyone speaks, they should do it as one speaking God’s words. If anyone serves, they should do it with the strength God provides. Then in all things God will be praised through Jesus Christ. Glory and power belong to him for ever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 81:11 - “But my people wouldn’t listen to me. Israel wouldn’t obey me.
Psalm 81:12 - So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.
Luke 23:28 - Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me. Weep for yourselves and for your children.
Luke 23:29 - The time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the women who can’t have children! Blessed are those who never gave birth or nursed babies!’
Luke 23:30 - It is written, “ ‘The people will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” They’ll say to the hills, “Cover us!” ’ ( Hosea 10:8 )
Psalm 69:22 - Let their feast be a trap and a snare. Let my enemies get what’s coming to them.
Leviticus 26:14 - “ ‘On the other hand, suppose you do not listen to me. Suppose you do not carry out all my commands.
Leviticus 26:15 - Suppose you say no to my rules and turn away from my laws. And suppose you break my covenant by failing to carry out all my commands.
Leviticus 26:16 - Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted.
Leviticus 26:17 - I will turn against you. Then your enemies will win the battle over you. Those who hate you will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
Leviticus 26:18 - “ ‘After all that, suppose you still will not listen to me. Then I will punish you for your sins seven times.
Leviticus 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it.
Leviticus 26:20 - You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.
Leviticus 26:21 - “ ‘Suppose you continue to be my enemy. And suppose you still refuse to listen to me. Then I will multiply your troubles many times because of your sins.
Leviticus 26:22 - I will send wild animals against you. They will kill your children. They will destroy your cattle. There will be so few of you left that your roads will be deserted.
Leviticus 26:23 - “ ‘After all those things, suppose you still do not accept my warnings. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.
Leviticus 26:24 - Then I myself will be your enemy. I will make you suffer again and again for your sins.
Leviticus 26:25 - I will send war against you to punish you for breaking my covenant. When you go back into your cities, I will send a plague among you. You will be handed over to your enemies.
Leviticus 26:26 - I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.
Leviticus 26:27 - “ ‘After all that, suppose you still do not listen to me. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.
Leviticus 26:28 - Then I will be angry with you. I will be your enemy. I myself will again punish you for your sins over and over.
Leviticus 26:29 - You will eat the dead bodies of your sons. You will also eat the dead bodies of your daughters.
Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you.
Leviticus 26:31 - I will completely destroy your cities. I will destroy your places of worship. The pleasant smell of your offerings will not give me any delight.
Leviticus 26:32 - I myself will destroy your land so completely that your enemies who live there will be shocked.
Leviticus 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed.
Leviticus 26:34 - Then the deserted land will enjoy its sabbath years. It will rest. It will not be farmed. It will enjoy its sabbaths. But you will become prisoners in the country of your enemies.
Leviticus 26:35 - The land will rest the whole time it is deserted. It was not able to rest during the sabbaths you lived in it.
Leviticus 26:36 - “ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.
Leviticus 26:37 - You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies.
Leviticus 26:38 - While you are still scattered among the nations, you will die. The lands of your enemies will destroy you.
Leviticus 26:39 - You who are left in those lands will become weaker and weaker. You will die because of your sins and the sins of your people who lived before you.
Leviticus 26:40 - “ ‘But suppose you admit that both you and your people who lived before you have sinned. You admit the evil and dishonest things you have done against me. And you admit you have become my enemy.
Leviticus 26:41 - What you did made me become your enemy. I let your enemies take you into their land. But suppose you stop being stubborn. You stop being proud. And you pay for your sin.
Leviticus 26:42 - Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will remember my covenant with Isaac. I will remember my covenant with Abraham. I will remember what I said to them about the land.
Leviticus 26:43 - You will leave the land. It will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies deserted because you are not there. You will pay for your sins because you said no to my laws. You turned away from my rules.
Leviticus 26:44 - But even after all that, I will not say no to you or turn away from you. I will not destroy you completely in the land of your enemies. I will not break my covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26:45 - Because of you, I will remember the covenant I made with the people of Israel who lived before you. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God. The nations saw me do it. I am the Lord.’ ”
Leviticus 26:46 - These are the orders, the laws and the rules of the covenant the Lord made on Mount Sinai. He made it between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
Luke 17:18 - Didn’t anyone else return and give praise to God except this outsider?”
Revelation 14:7 - In a loud voice he said, “Have respect for God. Give him glory. The hour has come for God to judge. Worship him who made the heavens and the earth. Worship him who made the sea and the springs of water.”
Malachi 3:9 - So you are under my curse. In fact, your whole nation is under my curse. That is because you are robbing me.