1 Samuel 23:11-12
11Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O Lord, the God of Israel, please tell your servant.” And the Lord said, “He will come down.” 12Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” And the Lord said, a“They will surrender you.”2 Kings 6:9-10
9But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are going down there.” 10And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.2 Kings 6:14-20
14So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.15When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16He said, “Do not be afraid, bfor those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please copen his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of dhorses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 18And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” eSo he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha. 19And Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” And he led them to Samaria.
20As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, fopen the eyes of these men, that they may see.” So the Lord opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
Jeremiah 11:19
19But I was glike a gentle lambled to the slaughter.
I did not know hit was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
ilet us cut him off from jthe land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
Ezekiel 8:6-18
6And he said to me, “Son of man, kdo you see what they are doing, lthe great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, mto drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”7And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8Then he said to me, “Son of man, ndig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9And he said to me, “Go in, and see othe vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10So I went in and saw. And there, pengraved on the wall all around, was qevery form of rcreeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11And before them stood sseventy men of tthe elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of uShaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and vthe smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing win the dark, each xin his room of pictures? For they say, y‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” 13He said also to me, z“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”
14Then he brought me to aathe entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O abson of man? acYou will see still greater abominations than these.”
16And he brought me into adthe inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, aebetween the afporch and agthe altar, were about twenty-five men, ahwith their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping aithe sun toward the east. 17Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ajson of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit akthe abominations that they commit here, that althey should fill the land with violence and amprovoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their ▼
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nose. 18Therefore aoI will act in wrath. apMy eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. aqAnd though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.” Matthew 21:3
3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”Romans 3:7
7But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, arwhy am I still being condemned as a sinner?
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