17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted(A) themselves to other gods(B) and worshiped them.(C) They quickly turned(D) from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands.(E)

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17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

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17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they (A)played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do so.

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17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for (A)they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. (B)They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so.

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I hate those who cling to worthless idols;(A)
    as for me, I trust in the Lord.(B)

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I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

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I have hated those (A)who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.

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I (A)hate[a] those who pay (B)regard to worthless (C)idols,
    but I trust in the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:6 Masoretic Text; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome You hate

Blessed is the one(A)
    who trusts in the Lord,(B)
who does not look to the proud,(C)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.[a](D)

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  1. Psalm 40:4 Or to lies

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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(A)Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Blessed is the man who (A)makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who (B)go astray after a lie!

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25 This is your lot,
    the portion(A) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten(B) me
    and trusted in false gods.(C)

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25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

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25 (A)This is your lot,
The portion of your measures from Me,” says the Lord,
“Because you have forgotten Me
And trusted in (B)falsehood.

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25 (A)This is your lot,
    the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord,
because (B)you have forgotten me
    and trusted in lies.

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19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
    my refuge(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(B)
    from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(C)
    worthless idols(D) that did them no good.(E)

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19 O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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19 O Lord, (A)my strength and my fortress,
(B)My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and (C)unprofitable things.

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19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
    (B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
    from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
    (D)worthless things in which there is no profit.

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This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Judah,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because they have rejected the law(B) of the Lord
    and have not kept his decrees,(C)
because they have been led astray(D) by false gods,[a](E)
    the gods[b] their ancestors followed,(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:4 Or by lies
  2. Amos 2:4 Or lies

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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Judgment on Judah

Thus says the Lord:

“For three transgressions of (A)Judah, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
(B)Because they have despised the law of the Lord,
And have not kept His commandments.
(C)Their lies lead them astray,
Lies (D)which their fathers followed.

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Judgment on Judah

Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of Judah,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (B)they have rejected the law of the Lord,
    and have not kept his statutes,
but (C)their lies have led them astray,
    those after which their fathers walked.

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