24 “Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things. 25 The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.(A) 26 But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable things—not the native or the foreigner who lives among you. 27 For the men who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable things, and the land has become defiled. 28 If you defile the land, it will vomit(B) you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

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23 Near the end of their kingdoms,
when the rebels have reached
the full measure of their sin,[a]
an insolent king, skilled in intrigue,[b]
will come to the throne.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:23 Lit have become complete
  2. Daniel 8:23 Lit king, and understanding riddles

32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ sins![a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:32 Lit the measure of your fathers

16 hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins,(A) and wrath has overtaken them at last.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or to the end

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