Doomed People
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Christ foresaw that Jerusalem would remain obdurate and impeni-
tent; yet all the guilt, all the consequences of rejected mercy, lay at her
own door. Thus it will be with every soul who is following the same
course. The Lord declares, “O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself.”
“Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit
of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto My words,
nor to My law, but rejected it.”
Hosea 13:9
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Jeremiah 6:19
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