12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. 13 If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways, 14 how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
Psalms 81:12–14
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Isaiah 65:1–3
1 “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ 2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who fo…
Psalms 81:7–9
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah 8 Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! 9 There must be no strange god among you, nor s…
Leviticus 26:26–28
26 When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied. 27 But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me, 28 then…
Hosea 11:6–8
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Leviticus 26:22–24
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Psalms of Solomon 2:6–8
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Baruch 2:29–31
29 “If you won’t hear my voice, surely this very great multitude will be turned into a small number among the nations where I will scatter them. (WEB) 30 For I know that they will not hear me, because they are a stiff-necked people; but in the land of their captivity they… (WEB)
Psalms 18:43–45
43 You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. 44 When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me. 45 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
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