'Refused' in the Bible

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"'

In the past he said to them, "This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found." But they refused to listen.

Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.