Thematic Bible: Impenitence


Thematic Bible



You rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you. Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick.

If one does not repent God will sharpen his sword. He has bent and strung his bow. Verse ConceptsSwordsThreateningsSharpening

Then he denounced the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment than for you. read more.
Will you, Capernaum, be exalted into heaven? You will go down into the grave. If the mighty works had been done in Sodom, which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

They would not obey. They were stubborn like their ancestors. They did not trust in Jehovah their God. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofImpenitence, Warnings AgainstListeningStubbornnessUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyNecksDoubting GodUnbelief Toward God

When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to Jehovah! Verse ConceptsDistress

He did not humble himself in front of Jehovah as his father Manasseh had humbled himself. Instead, Amon continued to sin.

You admonished them so that you might make them come back again to your law. Their hearts were lifted up, and they paid no attention to your orders. They went against your life giving decisions and turned their backs on you. They were stubborn and did not listen. Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfStiffnecked PeopleLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The LawProud People

Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah. Verse ConceptsAbominationsRegretCorrupted ConsciencesThe Insecurity Of The WickedBlushingPeople StumblingRed FacesUnknown ThingsAbsence Of RegretFeeling Lost

As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly requested the favor of Jehovah our God. We should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth. Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofComplacencyPrayerlessnessWritten In The LawSeeking The Favour Of Godclosure

Abraham said: If they would not listen to Moses and the prophets, they would not listen to someone from the dead. Verse ConceptsPrejudiceRoses

Neither did they repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. Verse ConceptsChastityImmorality, Nature Of SexualDebaucheryMagiciansThey Committed ImmoralitySorcerySexual ImmoralitySexual PurityDrugsmagicwitches

I struck you with scorching winds, mildew and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, declared Jehovah, but you still did not repent. Verse ConceptsBlightHailChastisementMildewAfflictions Of The WickedTreesNot Returning To GodNature Decayingmold

I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me. Verse ConceptsThe Call Of GodSelf WillStretching OutRejectionListening To Godconsequencesanswersattention

For the reason that you did all these things, says Jehovah, I spoke to you. I rose up early and spoke. But you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceListeningRejection Of GodWatchfulness, DivineGod's Call, Few RespondThose Who Rose EarlyDoing RepeatedlyOthers Not AnsweringEarly Rising

Then he denounced the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent. Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance Of

I also gave you cleanness of teeth (kept food from your teeth) in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you have not returned to me, said Jehovah. Verse ConceptsNeedLackPoverty, Causes OfStomachsDentistryNot Returning To GodTeethFamine Coming From God

Sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly. Therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully committed to do evil. Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

If this discipline does not help and you still resist,

Israel, your arrogance testifies against you. Even after all this, you do not return to Jehovah your God or look to him for help. Verse ConceptsImpenitence, Warnings AgainstNot Returning To GodNot Seeking GodThings As WitnessesProud PeoplePridearrogance

They would not obey. They were stubborn like their ancestors. They did not trust in Jehovah their God. Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofImpenitence, Warnings AgainstListeningStubbornnessUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyNecksDoubting GodUnbelief Toward God

none of the people who saw my glory and the miraculous signs I did in Egypt and in the desert will see the land I promised their ancestors. They have tested me now ten times and refused to obey me. None of those who treat me with contempt will see it!

However he still sent prophets who warned them to turn back to him. The people refused to listen. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelConversion, God's demands forProphets, Role OfObstinacy Against Godprophets

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them. So he had the Babylonian king attack them and execute their best young men in their holy temple. He did not spare the best men or the unmarried women, the old people or the sick people. God handed all of them over to him.

But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and paid no attention to your orders. They would not obey you and gave no thought to the wonders you did among them. They became stubborn and turning away from you. They appointed a leader over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt. However, you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

You admonished them so that you might make them come back again to your law. Their hearts were lifted up, and they paid no attention to your orders. They went against your life giving decisions and turned their backs on you. They were stubborn and did not listen. You put up with them for years. You admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they did not listen. So you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

'I will punish him, his descendants, and his attendants for their wickedness. They refused to listen. So I will bring on them, on those who live in Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disasters that I have threatened.'' Verse ConceptsGod Will Bring Harm

But I know that you and your servants do not yet respect Jehovah God. Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedKnowing FactsNo Fear Of God

The king realized that the storm was over. He disobeyed once more. He and his officials were so stubborn Verse ConceptsCessationObstinate IndividualsThings Stopping

Jehovah made the king stubborn. He would not let them go. Verse ConceptsGod Hardening People

The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. He and his officials changed their minds and said: What have we done? We have let the Israelites escape, and we have lost them as our slaves! The king got his war chariot and army ready. He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites. read more.
Jehovah made the king so stubborn that he went after them. The Israelites proudly went on their way. The king's horses and chariots and soldiers caught up with them while they were camping by the Red Sea near Pi-Hahiroth and Baal-Zephon.

He did what Jehovah his God considered evil. He did not humble himself in front of the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke Jehovah's word. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God's name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to Jehovah the God of Israel.

Zedekiah, his administrators, and the common people did not listen to what Jehovah spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. Verse ConceptsIndifferenceListeningWork, Divine And HumanNamed Prophets Of The Lord

It was the ninth month, and the king was in his winter house sitting in front of the fire in the fireplace. As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a scribe's knife and throw them into the fire in the fireplace. He did this until the whole scroll was burned up. The king and all his attendants did not show any fear or tear their clothes in fear when they heard everything being read.

You his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you know all this. You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and his people. But they would not pay attention.

The king asked him: Did we make you an adviser to the king? Stop! Do you want me to have you killed? The prophet stopped. He said: I know that God has decided to destroy you because you did this. Yet you refuse to listen to my advice. Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

He did not humble himself in front of Jehovah as his father Manasseh had humbled himself. Instead, Amon continued to sin.


If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against Jehovah, who will intercede for him? But his sons did not listen to the voice of their father. Jehovah desired to put them to death. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelRebukeWicked Children, Regard To ParentsGod KillingGod Killing IndividualsGodly ManDeath Of A FatherParents Being Wrong

Then he denounced the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment than for you. read more.
Will you, Capernaum, be exalted into heaven? You will go down into the grave. If the mighty works had been done in Sodom, which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

But if you warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life. Verse ConceptsRepent Lest You DieSaving Oneself