Isaiah 30:15
New King James Version
15 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
(A)“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
(B)But you would not,
Isaiah 42:24
New King James Version
24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers?
Was it not the Lord,
He against whom we have sinned?
(A)For they would not walk in His ways,
Nor were they obedient to His law.
Jeremiah 6:16
New King James Version
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the (A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find (B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Jeremiah 8:5
New King James Version
5 Why has this people (A)slidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
(B)They hold fast to deceit,
(C)They refuse to return.
Jeremiah 29:19
New King James Version
19 because they have not heeded My words, says the Lord, which (A)I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed, says the Lord.
Hosea 5:4
New King James Version
4 “They[a] do not direct their deeds
Toward turning to their God,
For (A)the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,
And they do not know the Lord.
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:4 Or Their deeds will not allow them to turn
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