Apostasy

24-JER.usfm

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 \v 15 For I am calling all the tribes of the northern kingdoms—this is Yahweh's declaration. They will come, and everyone will set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all the walls that surround it, and against all the cities of Judah.
-\v 16 I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping what they made with their own hands.
+\v 16 I will pronounce sentence against them for all their evil in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods, and in worshiping the works of their own hands.
 
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-\v 17 Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be shattered before them, or I will shatter you before them!
+\v 17 Gird up your loins! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be shattered before them, or I will shatter you before them!
 \v 18 Behold! Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
 \v 19 They will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, for I will be with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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 \v 1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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 \v 2 "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem. Say, 'Yahweh says this:
-\q I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness in your youthfulness, your love at the time when we were engaged,
+\q I have called to mind on your behalf the covenant faithfulness of your youth, your love at the time when we were engaged,
 \q when you went after me in the wilderness, the land that was not sown.
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 \v 3 Israel was set apart to Yahweh, the firstfruits of his harvest!
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-\v 12 Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and horrified—this is Yahweh's declaration.
+\v 12 Shudder, heavens, because of this! Be shocked and very desolate—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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 \v 13 For my people have committed two evils against me: They have abandoned the springs of living waters,
 \q and they have dug out cisterns for themselves,
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 \v 18 So now, why take the road to Egypt and drink the waters of Shihor?
 \q Why take the road to Assyria and drink the waters of the Euphrates River?
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-\v 19 Your wickedness rebukes you, and your faithlessness punishes you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter
+\v 19 Your wickedness rebukes you, and your acts of apostasy punish you. So think about it and understand that it is wicked and bitter
 \q when you forsake Yahweh your God, and have no fear of me—this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts.
 
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 \v 20 For I broke your yoke that you had in ancient days; I tore your fetters off you. Still you said,
-\q 'I will not serve!' since you bowed down on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree, you adulterer.
+\q 'I will not serve!' Instead, on every high hill and beneath every leafy tree you lay down as a prostitute.
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 \v 21 I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed.
 \q How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine?
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 \q Look at what you did in the valleys! Consider what you have done—you are a swift female camel running here and there,
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 \v 24 a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind!
-\q Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; at mating time they will find her.
+\q Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; in her month they will find her.
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 \v 25 You must restrain your feet from becoming bare and your throat from being thirsty!
 \q But you have said, 'It is hopeless! No, I love strangers and go after them!'
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-\v 6 Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Do you see what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up every high hill and under every leafy tree, and there she has acted like a prostitute.
+\v 6 Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Do you see what apostate Israel has done? She has gone up every high hill and under every leafy tree, and there she has acted like a prostitute.
 \v 7 I said, 'After she does all these things, she will return to me,' but she did not return. Then her faithless sister Judah saw these things.
 
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-\v 8 So I saw that, in the same way that faithless Israel had committed adultery and I had sent her away and had given a bill of divorce against her, her faithless sister Judah did not fear; she also went out and acted like a prostitute.
+\v 8 So I saw that, in the same way that apostate Israel had committed adultery and I had sent her away and had given a bill of divorce against her, her faithless sister Judah did not fear; she also went out and acted like a prostitute.
 \v 9 Her prostitution was nothing to her; she defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stones and trees.
 \v 10 Then after all of this, her faithless sister Judah returned to me, not with all her heart, but with a lie—this is Yahweh's declaration."
 
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-\v 11 Then Yahweh said to me, "Faithless Israel has been more righteous than faithless Judah!
+\v 11 Then Yahweh said to me, "Apostate Israel has been more righteous than faithless Judah!
 \v 12 Go and proclaim these words to the north. Say,
-\q 'Return, faithless Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you.
+\q 'Return, apostate Israel!—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not always be angry with you.
 \q Since I am faithful—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not stay angry forever.
 
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 \v 21 A voice is heard on the plains, the weeping and pleading of the people of Israel!
 \q For they have changed their ways; they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
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-\v 22 "Return, faithless people! I will heal you of treachery!"
+\v 22 "Return, faithless people! I will heal you of your apostasy!"
 \q "Behold! We will come to you, for you are Yahweh our God!
 
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 \v 6 So a lion from a thicket will attack them. A wolf from the Arabah will ruin them.
 \q A lurking panther will come against their cities. Anyone who goes outside his city will be torn apart.
-\q For their transgressions increase. Their acts of faithlessness are unlimited.
+\q For their transgressions increase. Their acts of apostasy are unlimited.
 
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 \v 4 So say to them, 'Yahweh says this: Does anyone fall and not get up? Does anyone get lost and not try to return?
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-\v 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent faithlessness?
+\v 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent apostasy?
 \q They hold on to treachery and refuse to repent.
 
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 \v 7 Even though our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name.
-\q2 For our faithless actions increase; we have sinned against you.
+\q2 For our acts of apostasy increase; we have sinned against you.
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 \v 8 You are the Hope of Israel, the one who saves him in the time of distress,
 \q2 why will you be like a stranger in the land, like a foreign wanderer who stretches out and spends just one night?

28-HOS.usfm

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-\v 4 "I will heal their turning away;
+\v 4 "I will heal their apostasy;
 \q I will love them freely,
 \q for my anger has turned away from him.
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