1 Samuel 12:25
But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
BSB
ASV
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
KJV
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
But if ye shall still do wickedly,.... Continue to rebel against God, revolt from him, and depart from his worship, and despise his prophets, and serve idols: ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king; their king would be so far from protecting, that he should perish with them, be killed by the sword, as Saul their first king was, or go into captivity, as others of their kings did.
Is it not wheat harvest to-day?--That season in Palestine occurs at the end of June or beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains, and the sky is serene and cloudless.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
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Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
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Joshua 24:20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
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If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
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Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
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Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
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Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
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And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.