Leviticus 26:40
40“But if athey confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they bcommitted against me, and also in walking contrary to me,Numbers 32:14
14And behold, you have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel!1 Kings 8:47
47yet cif they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, d‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’Ezra 9:6-7
6saying:“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities ehave risen higher than our heads, and our fguilt has gmounted up to the heavens. 7 hFrom the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great iguilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, jand to utter shame, as it is today.
Nehemiah 9:16
16“But they and our fathers kacted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.Nehemiah 9:32-34
32“Now, therefore, our God, lthe great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, msince the time of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 nYet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully oand we have acted wickedly. 34Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.Psalms 78:8
8and that they should not be plike their fathers,qa stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation rwhose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.
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