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My people will be destroyed, because they have no knowledge. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be priests to me. You have forgotten the teachings of your God, so I will forget your children.

"They will eat but not have enough; they will have sexual relations with the prostitutes, but they will not have children, because they have left the Lord to give themselves to

They have not been true to the Lord ; they are children who do not belong to him. So their false worship will destroy them and their land.

But even if the Israelites bring up children, I will take them all away. How terrible it will be for them when I go away from them!

I have seen Israel, like Tyre, given a pleasant place. But the people of Israel will soon bring out their children to be killed."

Lord , give them what they should have. What will you give them? Make their women unable to have children; give them dried-up breasts that cannot feed their babies.

Israel is beaten down; its root is dying, and it has no fruit. If they have more children, I will kill the children they love."

your people will hear the noise of battle, and all your strong, walled cities will be destroyed. It will be like the time King Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in battle, when mothers and their children were bashed to death.

They will go after the Lord , and he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will hurry to him from the west.

The nation of Israel will be ruined, because it fought against God. The people of Israel will die in war; their children will be torn to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."

Tell your children about these things, let your children tell their children, and let your grandchildren tell their children.

Bring the people together and make the meeting holy for the Lord . Bring together the elders, as well as the children, and even babies that still feed at their mothers' breasts. The bridegroom should come from his room, the bride from her bedroom.

I made some of your children to be prophets and some of your young people to be Nazirites. People of Israel, isn't this true?" says the Lord .

Cut off your hair to show you are sad for the children you love. Make yourself bald like the eagle, because your children will be taken away to a foreign land.

You've forced the women of my people from their nice houses; you've taken my glory from their children forever.

But Thebes was captured and went into captivity. Her small children were beaten to death at every street corner. Lots were thrown for her important men, and all of her leaders were put in chains.

The people of Ephraim will be strong like soldiers; they will be glad as when they have drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will be happy in the Lord .

I have scattered them among the nations, but in those faraway places, they will remember me. They and their children will live and return.

God made husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit for his purpose—so they would have children who are true to God. So be careful, and do not break your promise to the wife you married when you were young.

Elijah will help parents love their children and children love their parents. Otherwise, I will come and put a curse on the land."