Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Impenitence » Warnings against
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn’t turn to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
extended my hand and no one paid attention,
Now, because you have done all these things”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,
Then He proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent:
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.
“If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,
yet they do not return to Yahweh their God,
and for all this, they do not seek Him.
Pride » A hindrance to seeking God
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”
yet they do not return to Yahweh their God,
and for all this, they do not seek Him.