1 Kings 9:9 References
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"And they will say, 'aBecause they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.'"
a Deuteronomy 29:25-28, Jeremiah 2:10-13
Deuteronomy 29
25
"Then men will say, 'aBecause they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26
'They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted to them.
27
'Therefore, the anger of the Lord burned against that land, ato bring upon it every curse which is written in this book;
28
and athe Lord uprooted them from their land in anger and in fury and in great wrath, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.'
Jeremiah 2
10
"For across to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to bKedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this!