Bible Cross References
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Leviticus 26:16
I will punish you. I will bring disaster on you---incurable diseases and fevers that will make you blind and cause your life to waste away. You will plant your crops, but it will do you no good, because your enemies will conquer you and eat what you have grown.
Deuteronomy 28:38
"You will plant plenty of seed, but reap only a small harvest, because the locusts will eat your crops.
Micah 6:15
You will sow grain, but not harvest the crop. You will press oil from olives, but never get to use it. You will make wine, but never drink it.
Haggai 1:6
You have planted much grain, but have harvested very little. You have food to eat, but not enough to make you full. You have wine to drink, but not enough to get drunk on! You have clothing, but not enough to keep you warm. And workers cannot earn enough to live on.
Haggai 2:16
you would go to a pile of grain expecting to find twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat, but find only twenty.
Haggai 2:17
I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent.
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Jeremiah 3:23-25
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We were not helped at all by our pagan worship on the hilltops. Help for Israel comes only from the LORD our God.
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But the worship of Baal, the god of shame, has made us lose flocks and herds, sons and daughters---everything that our ancestors have worked for since ancient times.
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We should lie down in shame and let our disgrace cover us. We and our ancestors have always sinned against the LORD our God; we have never obeyed his commands."
Isaiah 30:1-6
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The LORD has spoken: "Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.
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They go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. They want Egypt to protect them, so they put their trust in Egypt's king.
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But the king will be powerless to help them, and Egypt's protection will end in disaster.
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Although their ambassadors have already arrived at the Egyptian cities of Zoan and Hanes,
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the people of Judah will regret that they ever trusted that unreliable nation, a nation that fails them when they expect help."
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This is God's message about the animals of the southern desert: "The ambassadors travel through dangerous country, where lions live and where there are poisonous snakes and flying dragons. They load their donkeys and camels with expensive gifts for a nation that cannot give them any help.
Isaiah 31:1-3
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Those who go to Egypt for help are doomed! They are relying on Egypt's vast military strength---horses, chariots, and soldiers. But they do not rely on the LORD, the holy God of Israel, or ask him for help.
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He knows what he is doing! He sends disaster. He carries out his threats to punish evil people and those who protect them.
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The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.
Habakkuk 2:13
The nations you conquered wore themselves out in useless labor, and all they have built goes up in flames. The LORD Almighty has done this.
Romans 6:21
What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of ? The result of those things is death!