19 For I have chosen[a] him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:19 Lit known

26 The settlers spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations that you have deported and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Therefore He has sent lions among them that are killing them because the people don’t know the requirements of the God of the land.”

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22 He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors(A) and did not walk in the way of the Lord.(B)

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10 For 40 years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”(A)

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Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane[a]
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:7 Hb obscure

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.(A)
Because you have rejected knowledge,(B)
I will reject you(C) from serving as My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,(D)
I will also forget your sons.

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