2 Chronicles 36:14-16

14All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

15The Lord, the God of their fathers, asent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 bBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, cdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, duntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Isaiah 1:5

5 Why will you still be estruck down?
Why will you fcontinue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.

Jeremiah 2:30-31

30In vain have I gstruck your children;
they took no correction;
hyour own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.
31And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
we will come no more to you’?

Jeremiah 6:29-30

29The ibellows blow fiercely;
the lead is consumed by the fire;
jin vain the refining goes on,
for the wicked are not removed.
30 kRejected silver they are called,
for the Lord has rejected them.”

Ezekiel 24:13

13On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, lyou shall not be cleansed anymore till mI have satisfied my fury upon you.

Matthew 23:37

Lament over Jerusalem

37 n“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that okills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have pgathered qyour children together ras a hen gathers her brood sunder her wings, and tyou were not willing!
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