Jeremiah 35:13
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“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
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They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.