2Ch 36:15-16, Pro 1:24-33, Isa 50:2, 66:4, Jer 7:13, Zec 7:7, 11-13 | ESV | STEP | The Lord , the God of their fathers , sent persistently to them by his messengers , because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place .

15 The 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.

Proverbs 1:24-33

24 ^eBecause I have called and ^fyou refused to listen,
have ^gstretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have ^hignored all my counsel
and ⁱwould have none of my reproof,
26 I also ^jwill laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when ^kterror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like ^la storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 ^mThen they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they ⁿhated knowledge
and ^odid not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 ^pwould have none of my counsel
and ^qdespised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat ^rthe fruit of their way,
and have ^stheir fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by ^ttheir turning away,
and ^uthe complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but ^vwhoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be ^wat ease, without dread of disaster.”

Isaiah 50:2

2 ^xWhy, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
^yIs my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
^zBehold, by my rebuke ^aaI dry up the sea,
^abI make the rivers a desert;
^actheir fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.

Isaiah 66:4

4 ^adI also will choose harsh treatment for them
and bring ^aetheir fears upon them,
^afbecause when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, they did not listen;
^agbut they did what was evil in my eyes
and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Jeremiah 7:13

13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and ^ahwhen I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and ^aiwhen I called you, you did not answer,

Zechariah 7:7

7 ^ajWere not these the words that the Lord proclaimed ^akby the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, ^alwith her cities around her, and the ^amSouth and the ^anlowland were inhabited?'”

Zechariah 7:11-13

11 But ^aothey refused to pay attention ^apand turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. ^{▼▼Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear} 12 ^arThey made their hearts diamond-hard ^aslest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^atby his Spirit through ^authe former prophets. ^avTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ^aw“As I ^{▼▼Hebrew he} called, and they would not hear, ^ayso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,