Isa 1:4, 30:11, Jer 2:5, 13, 17-19, 31, Mic 6:3, Eph 2:13, 17 | ESV | STEP | Ah , sinful nation , a people laden with iniquity , offspring of evildoers , children who deal corruptly ! They have forsaken the Lord , they have despised the Holy One of Israel , they are utterly estranged.

Isaiah 1:4

4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
^aoffspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have ^bdespised ^cthe Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly ^destranged.

Isaiah 30:11

11 leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Jeremiah 2:5

5 Thus says the Lord:

^e“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
^fand went after ^gworthlessness, and became worthless?

Jeremiah 2:13

13 for my people have committed two evils:
^hthey have forsaken ⁱme,
the fountain of ^jliving waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:17-19

17 ^kHave you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when ^lhe led you in the way?
18 ^mAnd now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of ⁿthe Nile?
^oOr what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of ^pthe Euphrates? ^{▼▼Hebrew the River}
19 ^rYour evil will chastise you,
and ^syour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ^tbitter
for ^uyou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 2:31

31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
we will come no more to you’?

Micah 6:3

3 “O my people, ^vwhat have I done to you?
^wHow have I wearied you? Answer me!

Ephesians 2:13

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^xfar off have been brought near ^yby the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:17

17 And he came and ^zpreached peace to you who were ^aafar off and peace to those who were ^abnear.