Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Covenant » Of God with men » Broken by the jews
Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”
For thus says the Lord God, “I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
On the day when I took them by the hand
To lead them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
Forsaking God » Is forsaking » His covenant
For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.
Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”
He said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Then men will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.