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2 Chronicles 29:6

For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

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For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.

KJV

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
מָעֲל֣וּma.'a.Luthey acted unfaithfullyH4603 →
אֲבֹתֵ֗ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nufathers ourH1 →
וְעָשׂ֥וּve.'a.Suand they didH6213 →
הָרַ֛עha.Ra'the evilH7451 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869 →
יְהוָֽה־Yah.weh-YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →
וַיַּֽעַזְבֻ֑הוּvai.ya.'az.Vu.huand they forsook himH5800 →
וַיַּסֵּ֧בּוּvai.yas.Se.buand they turnedH5437 →
פְנֵיהֶ֛םfe.nei.Hemfaces theirH6440 →
מִמִּשְׁכַּ֥ןmi.mish.Kanaway from [the] tabernacle ofH4908 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַיִּתְּנוּ־vai.yi.te.nu-and they gaveH5414 →
עֹֽרֶף׃'O.refa backH6203 →

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Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;Matthew 23:30–32And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’2 Chronicles 34:21“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.Ezra 5:12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.Jeremiah 2:17Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.Jeremiah 44:21“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.2 Chronicles 28:2–4Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.Nehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.2 Chronicles 28:23–25Since Damascus had defeated him, he sacrificed to their gods and said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.

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