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Anger of God » Should lead to repentance
"Who handed Jacob over to looters, and Israel to robbers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? After all, they weren't willing to walk in his ways, and they wouldn't obey his instruction, so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
Correction » Correction despised
You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.
"But the people have not returned to rely on him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
"I've punished your children with no results, they have accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion."
"I afflicted you with blight and fungus; and the locust swarm devoured the harvest of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pain-filled sores. But they did not repent of their behavior.
"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
LORD, don't your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they didn't flinch. You brought them to an end, but they refused to receive discipline. They made their faces harder than stone, and they refused to repent.
I have said, "If only you would fear me, if only you would take my instructions to heart.' Then their houses would not have been torn down. I have chastened them, but they were eager to corrupt everything they were doing."
Disobedience to God » Shall be punished
"Who handed Jacob over to looters, and Israel to robbers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? After all, they weren't willing to walk in his ways, and they wouldn't obey his instruction, so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
Hardness (of heart) » Condemned
But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into disaster.
After many rebukes, the stiff-necked man will be broken incurably, without any warning.
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
do not be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness,
Heart » Whole » Hardness of
But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into disaster.
After many rebukes, the stiff-necked man will be broken incurably, without any warning.
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
do not be stubborn like your ancestors were at Meribah, as on that day at Massah, in the wilderness,
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity
"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see! Who is blind except my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to me, or blind like the LORD's servant? You've seen many things, but you pay no attention. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen. read more.
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious. But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become prey, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, "Send them back!' "Who among you will listen, and pay attention, and listen for the time to come?" "Who handed Jacob over to looters, and Israel to robbers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? After all, they weren't willing to walk in his ways, and they wouldn't obey his instruction, so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious. But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become prey, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, "Send them back!' "Who among you will listen, and pay attention, and listen for the time to come?" "Who handed Jacob over to looters, and Israel to robbers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? After all, they weren't willing to walk in his ways, and they wouldn't obey his instruction, so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."