Lexicon :: Strong's G763 - asebeia

“When the LORD your God drives them out before you, do not say to yourself, ‘The LORD brought me in to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.’ Instead, the LORD will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

“When a prophet speaks in the LORD’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

“If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,

“If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.

“Look, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Recognize[fn] that I’ve committed no crime or rebellion. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,

and your righteousness, a son of man.[fn]

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;[fn]

do not let a large ransom[fn] lead you astray.

Punish them, God;

let them fall by their own schemes.

Drive them out because of their many crimes,

for they rebel against you.

Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not conceal my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”

and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Selah

Iniquities overwhelm me;

only you can atone for our rebellions.

Therefore, pride is their necklace,

and violence covers them like a garment.

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;

it takes the lives of those who receive it.[fn]

“they will eat the fruit of their way

and be glutted with their own schemes.

They eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,

but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

A destitute leader[fn] who oppresses the poor

is like a driving rain that leaves no food.

The one who conceals his sins

will not prosper,

but whoever confesses and renounces them

will find mercy.

The fear of mankind is a snare,

but the one who trusts in the LORD is protected.[fn]

No one has authority over the wind[fn] to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

“The Redeemer will come to Zion,

and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.”

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.

A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.

A leopard stalks their cities.

Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces

because their rebellious acts are many,

their unfaithful deeds numerous.

As a well gushes out its water,

so she pours out her evil.[fn]

Violence and destruction resound in her.

Sickness and wounds keep coming to my attention.

Her adversaries have become her masters;

her enemies are at ease,

for the LORD has made her suffer

because of her many transgressions.

Her children have gone away

as captives before the adversary.

“Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says about the residents of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their[fn][fn] land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.

“Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your detestable things.

“Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will also bring your conduct down on your own head. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. Haven’t you committed depravity in addition to all your detestable practices?

“You yourself must bear the consequences of your depravity and detestable practices ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

“He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.

“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. “Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you.

“Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your actions ​— ​since you have done this, you will be captured by them.

“One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife; another defiles his daughter-in-law with depravity; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

“So I will put an end to your depravity and sexual immorality, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not look longingly at them or remember Egypt anymore.

“They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked, so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your depravity and promiscuity.

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: “Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.”

“So I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your depraved behavior.

“But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he doesn’t turn from it, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have rescued yourself.

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;

you have eaten the fruit of lies.

Because you have trusted in your own way[fn]

and in your large number of soldiers,

Ephraim surrounds me with lies,

the house of Israel, with deceit.

Judah still wanders with God

and is faithful to the holy ones.[fn]

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascus

for three crimes, even four,

because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Gaza

for three crimes, even four,

because they exiled a whole community,

handing them over to Edom.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Tyre

for three crimes, even four,

because they handed over

a whole community of exiles to Edom

and broke[fn] a treaty of brotherhood.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom

for three crimes, even four,

because he pursued his brother with the sword.

He stifled his compassion,

his anger tore at him continually,

and he harbored his rage incessantly.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites

for three crimes, even four,

because they ripped open

the pregnant women of Gilead

in order to enlarge their territory.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Moab

for three crimes, even four,

because he burned the bones

of the king of Edom to lime.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Judah

for three crimes, even four,

because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD

and have not kept his statutes.

The lies that their ancestors followed

have led them astray.

The LORD says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel

for three crimes, even four,

because they sell a righteous person for silver

and a needy person for a pair of sandals.