Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them
They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasan
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false won
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my
but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
than to hold fast to what you have until I come.
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They