These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an allian
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and al
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsake
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutte
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive
And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusale
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scou
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas
For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned agains
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.