Jeremiah 38:21
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But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
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But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
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.
that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
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?