24 All the nations will say, ‘(A)Why has the Lord done all this to this land? Why this great [a]outburst of anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is (B)because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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  1. Deuteronomy 29:24 Lit heat

24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?(A) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

25 And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.(B)

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Oh, sinful nation,
People weighed down with guilt,
[a](A)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who (B)act corruptly!
They have (C)abandoned the Lord,
They have (D)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away [b]from Him.

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  1. Isaiah 1:4 Lit Seed
  2. Isaiah 1:4 Lit backward

Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(A)
a brood of evildoers,(B)
    children given to corruption!(C)
They have forsaken(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs(F) on him.

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28 But [a]wrongdoers and sinners together will be (A)broken,
And those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.

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  1. Isaiah 1:28 Lit a breaking of wrongdoers and sinners together

28 But rebels and sinners(A) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake(B) the Lord will perish.(C)

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