Dictionary of Bible Themes In the OT the terms of the covenant with God were constantly broken by Israel by acts of idolatry and disobedience. The consequence was God's judgment, which eventually included exile. Nehemiah 1:8Warnings within the covenant Leviticus 26:1,14-17,31-33Deuteronomy 4:25-27; 8:19-20 Proverbs 2:22 Ezekiel 14:13; 15:8 Jeremiah 3:20 Unfaithfulness seen in idolatry Idolatry as marital unfaithfulness Jeremiah 3:6-9See also The covenant between God and Israel at Sinai viewed in terms of a marriage contract Jeremiah 3:12-14; 9:2; 31:32Hosea 1:2 1 Chronicles 5:25 Hosea 4:10-12; 9:1 Idolatry as prostitution Jeremiah 1:16See also Idolatry as abandoning God Judges 10:13Jeremiah 5:19; 15:6 Job 31:24-28 Unfaithfulness seen in other forms of disobedience See also Trust in money and possessions Jeremiah 49:4Numbers 5:5-6 See also Doing wrong to others Leviticus 6:2Proverbs 11:3; 13:2 Isaiah 1:21-23 Hosea 6:6-7 Ezra 10:2 See also Marrying foreign wives Ezra 9:1-4Nehemiah 13:27 Joshua 7:1; 22:20 Malachi 3:8 Withholding tithes and offerings 1 Samuel 14:33Malachi 1:7-8 Breaches in the ritual law Jeremiah 5:11Unfaithfulness as a characteristic of God's people throughout the OT See also Acts 7:37-41Judges 2:16-17 Nehemiah 9:26 Haggai 1:7-9 Ezra 9:1-2 Unfaithfulness among Israel's leadership See also The unfaithfulness of the priesthood 2 Chronicles 36:14Ezekiel 22:26 Malachi 2:7-8 1 Kings 11:4-5,33 Unfaithful kings 2 Chronicles 12:1-2Solomon's unfaithfulness leads to unfaithfulness among his subjects: 2 Chronicles 26:16-18Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 28:19-23; 29:19Uzziah's bad example Ahaz: 2 Kings 21:9Manasseh: 2 Kings 21:162 Chronicles 33:19 pp 2Ch 33:9 Deuteronomy 32:20Unfaithfulness leads to judgment Psalms 73:27; 78:56-59Proverbs 21:18 Joshua 7:1,25 1 Chronicles 10:13 Individuals judged for unfaithfulness Numbers 14:33See also Wandering in the desert Numbers 14:34-35Ezekiel 39:23 See also The people taken into exile 1 Chronicles 9:1Daniel 9:7 Ezekiel 39:25-26 Restoration following repentance See also Leviticus 26:40-42God's purpose through the exile is to bring about the eventual repentance and restoration of his people. Deuteronomy 30:1-3Nehemiah 1:8-9 See also 1310 God as judge1350 covenant with Israel's priests 5482 punishment 6193 impenitence 6245 stubbornness 7145 remnant 7216 exile in Assyria 7767 priests, OT institution 8719 distrust 8771 idolatry, objections 8812 riches, ungodly use 8834 unbelief |
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