2 Chronicles 36:16
16 aBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, bdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, cuntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.Nehemiah 9:26
26 d“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you eand cast your law behind their back fand killed your prophets, who ghad warned them in order to turn them back to you, hand they committed great blasphemies.Jeremiah 25:3-7
3“For twenty-three years, ifrom the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken jpersistently to you, kbut you have not listened. 4 lYou have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord mpersistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, 5saying, n‘Turn now, every one of you, ofrom his evil way and evil deeds, and pdwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. 6 qDo not go after other gods to serve and worship them, ror provoke me to anger swith the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ 7 tYet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, uthat you might provoke me to anger vwith the work of your hands to your own harm.Matthew 5:12
12 wRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for xso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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