Pervade all ranks Isa 1:5; Jer 5:1-5; 6:13
Often caused and encouraged by rulers 1Ki 12:26-33; 14:16; 2Ch 21:11-13; Pr 29:12
Often caused by prosperity De 32:15; Ne 9:28; Jer 48:11; Eze 16:49; 28:5
DEFILE
The land Le 18:25; Nu 35:33,34; Ps 106:38; Isa 24:5; Mic 2:10
The people Le 18:24; Eze 14:11
National worship Isa 1:10-15; Am 5:21,22; Hag 2:14
Aggravated by privileges Isa 5:4-7; Eze 20:11-13; Am 2:4; 3:1,2; Mt 11:21-24
Lead the heathen to blaspheme Eze 36:20,23; Ro 2:24
Are a reproach to a people Pr 14:34
SHOULD BE
Mourned over Joe 2:12
Confessed Le 26:40; De 30:2; Jud 10:10; 1Ki 8:47,48
Turned from Isa 1:16; Ho 14:1,2; Jon 3:10
Saints especially mourn over Ps 119:136; Eze 9:4
MINISTERS SHOULD
Mourn over Eze 10:6; Jer 13:17; Eze 6:11; Joe 2:17
Testify against Isa 30:8,9; 58:1; Eze 2:3-5; 22:2; Jon 1:2
Try to turn the people from Jer 23:22
Pray for forgiveness of Ex 32:31,32; Joe 2:17
National prayer rejected on account of Isa 1:15; 59:2
National worship rejected on account of Isa 1:10-14; Jer 6:19,20; 7:9-14
Cause the withdrawal of privileges La 2:9; Am 8:11; Mt 23:37-39
Bring down national judgments Mt 23:35,36; 27:25
Denunciations against Isa 1:24; 30:1; Jer 5:9; 6:27-30
Punishment for Isa 3:8; Jer 12:17; 25:12; Eze 28:7-10
Punishment for, averted on repentance Jud 10:15,16; 2Ch 12:6,7; Ps 106:43-46; Jon 3:10
Exemplified
Sodom and Gomorrah Ge 18:20; 2Pe 2:6
Children of Israel Ex 16:8; 32:31
Nations of Canaan De 9:4
Kingdom of Israel 2Ki 17:8-12; Ho 4:1,2
Kingdom of Judah 2Ki 17:19; Isa 1:2-7
Moab Jer 48:29,30
Babylon Jer 51:6,13,52
Tyre Eze 28:2
Nineveh Na 3:1