- for how:
- "Now¹ therefore, what¹ have I here,¹ saithª° the LORD,ª that¹ my peopleª is taken awayª° for nought?ª they that rule²° over¹ them make them to howl,ª° saithª° the LORD;ª and my nameª continuallyª every¹ dayª [is] blasphemed.ª°" {Isa 52:5} + "Now [if] thou shalt killª° [all]¹ this¹ peopleª as oneª man,ª then the nationsª which¹ have heardª°¹ the fameª of thee will speak,ª° saying,ª° ... Because¹¹ the LORDª was not² ableª° to bringª°¹ this¹ peopleª into¹ the landª which¹ he swareª° unto them, therefore he hath slainª° them in the wilderness.ª" {Num 14:15-16} + "I said,ª° I would scatter them into corners,ª° I would make the remembranceª of them to ceaseª° from among men:²¹¹ ... Were it not² that¹ I fearedª° the wrathª of the enemy,ª° lest¹ their adversariesª should behave themselves strangely,ª° [and] lest¹ they should say,ª° Our handª [is] high,ª° and the LORDª hath not¹ doneª° all¹ this.¹" {Deu 32:26-27} + "But I wroughtª° for my name's² sake,¹¹ that it should not¹ be pollutedª° beforeª the heathen,ª amongª whom¹ they¹ [were], in whose¹ sightª I made myself knownª° unto¹ them, in bringing them forthª° out of the landª¹ of Egypt.ª" {Ezk 20:9} + "As for you,¹ O houseª of Israel,ª thus¹ saithª° the Lordª GOD;ª Go²°¹ ye, serveª° ye every oneª his idols,ª and hereafterª [also], if¹ ye will not¹ hearkenª° unto¹ me: but polluteª° ye my holyª nameª no¹ more¹ with your gifts,ª and with your idols.ª" {Ezk 20:39} + "Forª the¹ nameª of Godª is blasphemedª° amongª the¹ Gentilesª throughª you,ª asª it is written.ª°" {Rom 2:24}
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