Verse 3

But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:36 : 36 “‘As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 Curses by Defeat and Deportation“The LORD will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Ps 36:3 : 3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
• Ps 81:10-11 : 10 I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’ 11 But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.
• Lam 3:66 : 66 Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the LORD’s heaven.
• Lam 4:19 : 19 ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.
• Amos 1:11 : 11 This is what the LORD says:“Because Edom has committed three crimes– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
• 1 Tim 5:12 : 12 and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.