- breach of promise:
- or, altering of my purpose, Tenooathi, rather, my failure, or disannulling, from noo, to fail, disannul; for as they had broken their engagements, God was no longer held by his covenant. "And the LORDª saidª° unto¹ Moses,ª Behold,¹ thou shalt sleepª° with¹ thy fathers;ª and this¹ peopleª will rise up,ª° and go a whoringª° afterª the godsª of the strangersª of the land,ª whither¹¹ they¹ goª° [to be] amongª them, and will forsakeª° me, and breakª°¹ my covenantª which¹ I have madeª° with¹ them. ... Then my angerª shall be kindledª° against them in that¹ day,ª and I will forsakeª° them, and I will hideª° my faceª from¹ them, and they shall be¹ devoured,ª° and manyª evilsª and troublesª shall befallª° them; so that they will sayª° in that¹ day,ª Are not¹ these¹ evilsª come²° upon¹ us, because¹¹ our Godª [is] not¹ amongª us?" {Deu 31:16-17} + "Wherefore¹ the LORDª Godª of Israelª saith,ª° I saidª° indeedª° [that] thy house,ª and the houseª of thy father,ª should walkª° beforeª me for² ever:ª¹ but now¹ the LORDª saith,ª° Be it far¹ from me;² for¹ them that honourª° me I will honour,ª° and they that despiseª° me shall be lightly esteemed.ª°" {1Sm 2:30} + "And I tookª°¹ my staff,ª [even]¹ Beauty,ª and cut it asunder,ª°¹ that I might breakª°¹ my covenantª which¹ I had madeª° with¹ all¹ the people.ª" {Zch 11:10}
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