Jeremiah 34:11
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but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
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As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.