- Pervade all ranks Isaiah 1:5; Jeremiah 5:1-5; 6:13
- Often caused and encouraged by rulers 1 Kings 12:26-33; 14:16; 2 Chronicles 21:11-13; Proverbs 29:12
- Often caused by prosperity Deuteronomy 32:15; Nehemiah 9:28; Jeremiah 48:11; Ezekiel 16:49; 28:5
- DEFILE
- The land Leviticus 18:25; Numbers 35:33,34; Psalm 106:38; Isaiah 24:5; Micah 2:10
- The people Leviticus 18:24; Ezekiel 14:11
- National worship Isaiah 1:10-15; Amos 5:21,22; Haggai 2:14
- Aggravated by privileges Isaiah 5:4-7; Ezekiel 20:11-13; Amos 2:4; 3:1,2; Matthew 11:21-24
- Lead the heathen to blaspheme Ezekiel 36:20,23; Romans 2:24
- Are a reproach to a people Proverbs 14:34
- SHOULD BE
- Repented of Jeremiah 18:8; Jonah 3:5
- Mourned over Joel 2:12
- Confessed Leviticus 26:40; Deuteronomy 30:2; Judges 10:10; 1 Kings 8:47,48
- Turned from Isaiah 1:16; Hosea 14:1,2; Jonah 3:10
- Saints especially mourn over Psalm 119:136; Ezekiel 9:4
- MINISTERS SHOULD
- Mourn over Ezekiel 10:6; Jeremiah 13:17; Ezekiel 6:11; Joel 2:17
- Testify against Isaiah 30:8,9; 58:1; Ezekiel 2:3-5; 22:2; Jonah 1:2
- Try to turn the people from Jeremiah 23:22
- Pray for forgiveness of Exodus 32:31,32; Joel 2:17
- National prayer rejected on account of Isaiah 1:15; 59:2
- National worship rejected on account of Isaiah 1:10-14; Jeremiah 6:19,20; 7:9-14
- Cause the withdrawal of privileges Lamentations 2:9; Amos 8:11; Matthew 23:37-39
- Bring down national judgments Matthew 23:35,36; 27:25
- Denunciations against Isaiah 1:24; 30:1; Jeremiah 5:9; 6:27-30
- Punishment for Isaiah 3:8; Jeremiah 12:17; 25:12; Ezekiel 28:7-10
- Punishment for, averted on repentance Judges 10:15,16; 2 Chronicles 12:6,7; Psalm 106:43-46; Jonah 3:10
- Exemplified
- Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 18:20; 2 Peter 2:6
- Children of Israel Exodus 16:8; 32:31
- Nations of Canaan Deuteronomy 9:4
- Kingdom of Israel 2 Kings 17:8-12; Hosea 4:1,2
- Kingdom of Judah 2 Kings 17:19; Isaiah 1:2-7
- Moab Jeremiah 48:29,30
- Babylon Jeremiah 51:6,13,52
- Tyre Ezekiel 28:2
- Nineveh Nahum 3:1
Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswickian theology.[1]
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