Thus says the Lord,
“Do not learn the way of the nations,
And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens
Although the nations are terrified by them;

Ye have

and as for you, you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.’ But you have not obeyed Me; what is this you have done?

“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

‘Only

acknowledge your iniquity,

That you have transgressed against the Lord your God
And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.

The Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

So I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the Lord your God, even in whatever He has sent me to tell you.

So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah.

She heeded no voice,
She accepted no instruction.
She did not trust in the Lord,
She did not draw near to her God.

However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

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Nevertheless He looked upon their distress
When He heard their cry;

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.