aaSee 1 Sam. 9:9
2 Chronicles 24:19-22
19 aYet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. bThese testified against them, but they would not pay attention.Joash’s Treachery
20 cThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah dthe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, e‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? fBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21But gthey conspired against him, hand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see iand avenge!” ▼▼Hebrew and seek
2 Chronicles 36:15-16
15The Lord, the God of their fathers, ksent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 lBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, mdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, nuntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.Nehemiah 9:26
26 o“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you pand cast your law behind their back qand killed your prophets, who rhad warned them in order to turn them back to you, sand they committed great blasphemies.Nehemiah 9:30
30Many years tyou bore with them uand warned them vby your Spirit through your prophets. wYet they would not give ear. xTherefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.Isaiah 30:9-11
9 yFor they are a rebellious people,lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
10 zwho say to aathe seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us absmooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Zechariah 7:11-13
11But acthey refused to pay attention adand turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. ▼▼Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear
12 afThey made their hearts diamond-hard aglest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ahby his Spirit through aithe former prophets. ajTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ak“As I ▼▼Hebrew he
called, and they would not hear, amso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,
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