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Isaiah 2:6

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¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

Therefore thou hast forsaken {H5203} thy people {H5971} the house {H1004} of Jacob {H3290}, because they be replenished {H4390} from the east {H6924}, and are soothsayers {H6049} like the Philistines {H6430}, and they please {H5606} themselves in the children {H3206} of strangers {H5237}.

For you have abandoned your people the house of Ya'akov. Now they are filled from the east, full of sorcerers, like the P'lishtim; even the children of foreigners are enough for them!

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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Cross-References

  • Romans 11:20 (4 votes)

    Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

  • 2 Kings 1:2 (3 votes)

    And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.

  • 1 Chronicles 10:13 (2 votes)

    So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];

  • Isaiah 8:19 (2 votes)

    And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20 (2 votes)

    And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

  • Numbers 25:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

  • Numbers 25:2 (2 votes)

    And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.