Add to them punishment upon punishment; may they have no acquittal from you.
If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law.
So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.
saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.
But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.
But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him! He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones! May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!
He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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