The  Lord said to Moses, ‘Put back Aaron’s staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.’

And the  Lord said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.”

He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, ‘Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?’

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”

‘Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.

“Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.

for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both of you disobeyed my command to honour me as holy before their eyes.’ (These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.)

because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation quarreled, failing to uphold me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the  Lord your God.

“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the  Lord your God.

So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the  Lord’s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country.

So I spoke to you, and you would not listen; but you rebelled against the command of the  Lord and presumptuously went up into the hill country.

Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger of the  Lord your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the  Lord.

Remember and do not forget how you provoked the  Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the  Lord.

And when the  Lord sent you out from Kadesh Barnea, he said, ‘Go up and take possession of the land I have given you.’ But you rebelled against the command of the  Lord your God. You did not trust him or obey him.

And when the  Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the  Lord your God and did not believe him or obey his voice.

You have been rebellious against the  Lord ever since I have known you.

You have been rebellious against the  Lord from the day that I knew you.

If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,

They shall say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the  Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!

For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the  Lord. How much more after my death!

Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!’

Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

If you fear the  Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the  Lord your God – good!

If you will fear the  Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the  Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the  Lord your God, it will be well.

But if you do not obey the  Lord, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

But if you will not obey the voice of the  Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the  Lord, then the hand of the  Lord will be against you and your king.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the  Lord,
he has rejected you as king.’

For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the  Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.”

Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, ‘You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, ‘This is what the  Lord says: “You have defied the word of the  Lord and have not kept the command the  Lord your God gave you.

And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, “Thus says the  Lord, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the  Lord and have not kept the command that the  Lord your God commanded you,

When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, ‘It is the man of God who defied the word of the  Lord. The  Lord has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the  Lord had warned him.’

And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the  Lord; therefore the  Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word that the  Lord spoke to him.”

The  Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering; there was no one to help them.

For the  Lord saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel.

The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.

be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed.

in order that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers. You will find in the book of the records and learn that this city is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from of old. That was why this city was laid waste.

They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

‘But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.

“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.

‘You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, “The person who obeys them will live by them.” Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.

And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey.

Surely mockers surround me;
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

Surely there are mockers about me,
and my eye dwells on their provocation.

‘Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

“Today also my complaint is bitter;
my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.

Declare them guilty, O God!
Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
for they have rebelled against you.

Make them bear their guilt, O God;
let them fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
for they have rebelled against you.

He rules for ever by his power,
his eyes watch the nations –
let not the rebellious rise up against him.

who rules by his might forever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
let not the rebellious exalt themselves.  Selah

God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

God settles the solitary in a home;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from the rebellious –
that you,  Lord God, might dwell there.

You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious that the  Lord God may dwell there.

They would not be like their ancestors –
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.

and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

Yet they sinned still more against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the wasteland!

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved him in the desert!

But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.

Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God
and did not keep his testimonies,

He sent darkness and made the land dark –
for had they not rebelled against his words?

He sent darkness, and made the land dark;
they did not rebel against his words.

When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought to your miracles;
they did not remember your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.

Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider your wondrous works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

for they rebelled against the Spirit of God,
and rash words came from Moses’ lips.

for they made his spirit bitter
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

Many times he delivered them,
but they were bent on rebellion
and they wasted away in their sin.

Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the plans of the Most High.

for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

(She is unruly and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;

She is loud and wayward;
her feet do not stay at home;

Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
the messenger of death will be sent against them.

An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.’
For the mouth of the  Lord has spoken.

but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the  Lord has spoken.”

Your rulers are rebels,
partners with thieves;
they all love bribes
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.

Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Jerusalem staggers,
Judah is falling;
their words and deeds are against the  Lord,
defying his glorious presence.

For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the  Lord,
defying his glorious presence.

‘Woe to the obstinate children,’
declares the  Lord,
‘to those who carry out plans that are not mine,
forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit,
heaping sin upon sin;

“Ah, stubborn children,” declares the  Lord,
“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;

For these are rebellious people, deceitful children,
children unwilling to listen to the  Lord’s instruction.

For they are a rebellious people,
lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the  Lord;

The Sovereign  Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.

The Lord  God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.

Yet they rebelled
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he turned and became their enemy
and he himself fought against them.

But they rebelled
and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
and himself fought against them.

All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations –

I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;

They surround her like men guarding a field,
because she has rebelled against me,”’
declares the  Lord.

Like keepers of a field are they against her all around,
because she has rebelled against me,

declares the  Lord.

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts;
they have turned aside and gone away.

But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart;
they have turned aside and gone away.

They are all hardened rebels,
going about to slander.
They are bronze and iron;
they all act corruptly.

They are all stubbornly rebellious,
going about with slanders;
they are bronze and iron;
all of them act corruptly.

‘The  Lord is righteous,
yet I rebelled against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
look on my suffering.
My young men and young women
have gone into exile.

“The  Lord is in the right,
for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
and see my suffering;
my young women and my young men
have gone into captivity.

‘See,  Lord, how distressed I am!
I am in torment within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,
for I have been most rebellious.
Outside, the sword bereaves;
inside, there is only death.

“Look, O  Lord, for I am in distress;
my stomach churns;
my heart is wrung within me,
because I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword bereaves;
in the house it is like death.

‘We have sinned and rebelled
and you have not forgiven.

“We have transgressed and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven.

And whether they listen or fail to listen – for they are a rebellious people – they will know that a prophet has been among them.

And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.

And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.’

“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”