57The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.H6662H6H376H7760H3820H2617H582H622H995H6662H622H6440H74512Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.H935H7965H5117H4904H1980H52283"But you--come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!H7126H1121H6049H2233H5003H21814Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?H6026H7337H6310H748H3956H3206H6588H2233H82675You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.H2552H410H7488H6086H7819H3206H5158H5585H55536The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion; they, they are your lot. Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings and offered grain offerings. In the light of these things, should I relent?H2511H5158H2506H1486H8210H5262H5927H4503H51627You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill; there you went up to offer your sacrifices.H1364H5375H2022H7760H4904H5927H2076H20778Behind your doors and your doorposts you have put your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love, and you looked on their nakedness.H310H1817H4201H7760H2146H1540H5927H7337H4904H3772H157H4904H3027H23729You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the grave itself!H7788H4428H8081H7235H7547H7971H6735H7350H8213H758510You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.H3021H7230H1870H559H2976H4672H2416H3027H247011"Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have been false to me, and have neither remembered me nor pondered this in your hearts? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?H1672H3372H3576H2142H7760H3820H2814H5769H337212I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.H5046H6666H4639H327613When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain."H2199H6899H5337H7307H5375H1892H3947H2620H5157H776H3423H6944H202214And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people."H559H5549H5549H6437H1870H7311H4383H1870H597115For this is what the high and lofty One says--he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.H559H7311H5375H7931H5703H8034H6918H7931H4791H6918H1793H8217H7307H2421H7307H8217H2421H3820H179216I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me--the breath of man that I have created.H7378H5769H5331H7107H7307H5848H6440H5397H621317I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.H5771H1215H7107H5221H5641H7107H3212H7726H1870H382018I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,H7200H1870H7495H5148H7999H5150H5719creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."H1254H5108H8193H7965H7965H7350H7138H559H3068H749520But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.H7563H1644H3220H3201H8252H4325H1644H7516H291621"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."H7965H559H430H7563
Prayer Tents is a Christian mission organization that serves Christians around the world and their local bodies to make disciples ("evangelize") more effectively in their communities. Prayer Tents provides resources to enable Christians to form discipleship-focused small groups and make their gatherings known so that other "interested" people may participate and experience Christ in their midst. Our Vision is to make disciples in all nations through the local churches so that anyone seeking God can come to know Him through relationships with other Christians near them.
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