and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and -- thou dost refuse to send him away -- lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'

if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,

And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.

For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is -- as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink.

Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.