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I would warn thee from the first, tell thee what was coming before it came; never shouldst thou say this was the work of thy false gods, the will of idols thou didst carve and cast. (Isaiah 48, 5)
The Lord God is my helper; and that help cannot play me false; meet them I will, and with a face unmoved as flint; not mine to suffer the shame of defeat; (Isaiah 50, 7)
Here are none but blind watchmen, all unawares; here are dumb dogs that cannot bark, false seers that lie sleeping, in love with their dreams; (Isaiah 56, 10)
Alas, what anxious fears were these, that to my service made thee false, of me no memory left thee, no thought? And all because I nothing said, made as if I nothing saw, till at last thou hadst forgotten me! (Isaiah 57, 11)
Nay, fast of mine is something other. The false claim learn to forgo, ease the insupportable burden, set free the over-driven; away with every yoke that galls! (Isaiah 58, 6)
Heinous our treason against the Lord, that turn away from his divine leading to plan cruelty and rebellion; false thoughts we conceive in our hearts that still find utterance. (Isaiah 59, 13)
They are my own people, he would say; my own children cannot be false to me; and with that, he delivered them. (Isaiah 63, 8)
To the rest it is all one; slaughter they an ox, or murder a human victim,✻ cut sheep’s throat, or dash out a dog’s brains, make offering of meal, or of swine’s blood, in my honour burn incense, or bless the name of a false god. In all this, it is but caprice guides their choice, in all manner of abominations; (Isaiah 66, 3)
to the Lord’s message: What fault did they find in me, those fathers of yours, that they should keep their distance from me, and court false gods, false as themselves? (Jeremiah 2, 5)
Never a priest to ask where I, the Lord, was; never a man of law but made a stranger of me, never a ruler but played me false, never a prophet but took Baal for his oracle, and had recourse to powers that were impotent. (Jeremiah 2, 8)
Alas, vineyard of mine, that I planted with such care, never a worthless shoot! How is it thou hast played me false, and art no vineyard of mine? (Jeremiah 2, 21)
In vain I have smitten them, all those sons of yours; still you turned your swords against the prophets, bloodthirsty as lions. (Jeremiah 2, 30)
