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Sins, National

Pervade all ranks - Isa 1:5; Jer 5:1-5; 6:13

Often caused and encouraged by rulers - 1Ki 12:26-33; 14:16; 2Ch 21:11-13; Pr 29:12

Often caused by prosperity - De 32:15; Ne 9:28; Jer 48:11; Eze 16:49; 28:5

DEFILE

• The land
- Le 18:25; Nu 35:33,34; Ps 106:38; Isa 24:5; Mic 2:10
• The people
- Le 18:24; Eze 14:11
• National worship
- Isa 1:10-15; Am 5:21,22; Hag 2:14

Aggravated by privileges - Isa 5:4-7; Eze 20:11-13; Am 2:4; 3:1,2; Mt 11:21-24

Lead the heathen to blaspheme - Eze 36:20,23; Ro 2:24

Are a reproach to a people - Pr 14:34

SHOULD BE

• Repented of
- Jer 18:8; Jon 3:5
• Mourned over
- Joe 2:12
• Confessed
- Le 26:40; De 30:2; Jud 10:10; 1Ki 8:47,48
• Turned from
- Isa 1:16; Ho 14:1,2; Jon 3:10

Saints especially mourn over - Ps 119:136; Eze 9:4

MINISTERS SHOULD

• Mourn over
- Eze 10:6; Jer 13:17; Eze 6:11; Joe 2:17
• Testify against
- Isa 30:8,9; 58:1; Eze 2:3-5; 22:2; Jon 1:2
• Try to turn the people from
- Jer 23:22
• Pray for forgiveness of
- Ex 32:31,32; Joe 2:17

National prayer rejected on account of - Isa 1:15; 59:2

National worship rejected on account of - Isa 1:10-14; Jer 6:19,20; 7:9-14

Cause the withdrawal of privileges - La 2:9; Am 8:11; Mt 23:37-39

Bring down national judgments - Mt 23:35,36; 27:25

Denunciations against - Isa 1:24; 30:1; Jer 5:9; 6:27-30

Punishment for - Isa 3:8; Jer 12:17; 25:12; Eze 28:7-10

Punishment for, averted on repentance - Jud 10:15,16; 2Ch 12:6,7; Ps 106:43-46; Jon 3:10

Exemplified

• Sodom and Gomorrah
- Ge 18:20; 2Pe 2:6
• Children of Israel
- Ex 16:8; 32:31
• Nations of Canaan
- De 9:4
• Kingdom of Israel
- 2Ki 17:8-12; Ho 4:1,2
• Kingdom of Judah
- 2Ki 17:19; Isa 1:2-7
• Moab
- Jer 48:29,30
• Babylon
- Jer 51:6,13,52
• Tyre
- Eze 28:2
• Nineveh
- Na 3:1
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