- a controversy:
- "Come¹ now,²°¹ and let us reason together,ª° saithª° the LORD:ª though¹ your sinsª be¹ as scarlet,ª they shall be as whiteª° as snow;ª though¹ they be redª° like crimson,ª they shall be¹ as wool.ª" {Isa 1:18} + "And now,¹ O inhabitantsª° of Jerusalem,ª and menª of Judah,ª judge,ª° I pray you,¹ betwixt¹ me and my vineyard.ª" {Isa 5:3} + "Put me in remembrance:ª° let us pleadª° together:ª declareª° thou,¹ that¹ thou mayest be justified.ª°" {Isa 43:26} + "Wherefore¹ I will yet¹ pleadª° with¹ you, saithª° the LORD,ª and with¹ your children'sª childrenª will I plead.ª°" {Jer 2:9} + "Wherefore¹ will ye pleadª° with¹ me? ye all¹ have transgressedª° against me, saithª° the LORD.ª ... Yet thou sayest,ª° Because¹ I am innocent,ª° surely¹ his angerª shall turnª° from¹ me. Behold,¹ I will plead²° with¹ thee, because¹ thou sayest,ª° I have not¹ sinned.ª°" {Jer 2:29-35} + "A noiseª shall comeª° [even] to¹ the endsª of the earth;ª for¹ the LORDª hath a controversyª with the nations,ª he¹ will pleadª° with all¹ flesh;ª he will giveª° them [that are] wickedª to the sword,ª saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 25:31} + "And I will bringª° you into¹ the wildernessª of the people,ª and there¹ will I pleadª° with¹ you faceª to¹ face.ª ... Like as¹ I pleadedª° with¹ your fathersª in the wildernessª of the landª of Egypt,ª so¹ will I pleadª° with¹ you, saithª° the Lordª GOD.ª" {Ezk 20:35-36} + "Hearª° the wordª of the LORD,ª ye childrenª of Israel:ª for¹ the LORDª hath a controversyª with¹ the inhabitantsª° of the land,ª because¹ [there is] no¹ truth,ª nor¹ mercy,ª nor¹ knowledgeª of Godª in the land.ª" {Hsa 4:1} + "The LORDª hath also a controversyª with¹ Judah,ª and will punishª°¹ Jacobª according to his ways;ª according to his doingsª will he recompenseª° him." {Hsa 12:2}
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