Jeremiah 8:5

Death Over Life

⁴ "And you shall say to them, 'Thus asks Yahweh: "Do men fall and not stand up? If one turns away does he not return? ⁵ Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away [in] enduring apostasy? They have kept hold of deceit, they have refused to return. ⁶ I have listened attentively, and I have listened. They do not speak honestly, there is no man [who] regrets his wickedness, saying, 'What have I done?' All of them [are] turning to their ways of running, like a horse plunging into battle.

Not Give Up

O God

Jerusalem

Jeremiah 9:6

Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," {declares} Yahweh.

Jeremiah 5:3

Yahweh, do not your eyes [look] for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back.

Proverbs 4:13

Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse and you rebel, you shall be devoured [by the] sword. For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."

Isaiah 30:10

who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,

Isaiah 44:20

[He] feeds [on] ashes; a {deceived mind} misleads him. And he cannot save {himself}, and he cannot say, "Is [this] not an illusion in my right hand?"

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a young woman forget her ornaments? [Or] a bride her sashes? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jeremiah 3:11-14

Then Yahweh said to me, "Apostate Israel has proved herself more upright than treacherous Judah.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.

Jeremiah 7:24-26

Yet they did not obey, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in [their own] plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and {they became worse instead of better}.

Hosea 4:16

Indeed, like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; Now Yahweh will feed them, like a lamb in broad pasture.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.

John 5:40

And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

but examine all [things]; hold fast to [what is] good.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Hebrews 12:25

Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape [when they] refused the one who warned [them] on earth, much less [will] we [escape], [if we] reject the [one who warns] from heaven,

Revelation 2:25

Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.