Isaiah 24:5

New Living Translation

The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:5

“Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me. His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail. He will ensure my safety and success.

2 Kings 21:12

So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I will bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of those who hear about it will tingle with horror.

2 Kings 21:15

For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt.”

2 Chronicles 33:9

But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the Lord had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.

Psalm 105:10

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

Psalm 55:5

Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking.

Isaiah 10:6

I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.

Isaiah 30:9

that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.

Isaiah 33:8

Your roads are deserted; no one travels them anymore. The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses. They have no respect for anyone.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.

Isaiah 9:17

That is why the Lord takes no pleasure in the young men and shows no mercy even to the widows and orphans. For they are all wicked hypocrites, and they all speak foolishness. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

Jeremiah 11:10

They have returned to the sins of their ancestors. They have refused to listen to me and are worshiping other gods. Israel and Judah have both broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask the way to Jerusalem and will start back home again. They will bind themselves to the Lord with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

Ezekiel 16:59

“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.

Ezekiel 20:13

“But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn’t obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:24

because they did not obey my regulations. They scorned my decrees by violating my Sabbath days and longing for the idols of their ancestors.

Ezekiel 37:26

And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers, and I will put my Temple among them forever.

Daniel 7:25

He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.

Daniel 9:10

We have not obeyed the Lord our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.

Daniel 9:5

But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.

Hosea 6:7

But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust.

Leviticus 20:22

“You must keep all my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you as your new home will vomit you out.

Leviticus 26:35

As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it.

Micah 2:10

Up! Begone! This is no longer your land and home, for you have filled it with sin and ruined it completely.

Luke 1:6

Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:20

He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—

Hebrews 9:1

That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth.

Joshua 23:16

If you break the covenant of the Lord your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.”

Joshua 24:25

So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day at Shechem, committing them to follow the decrees and regulations of the Lord.