Deuteronomy 6:17-18

17You shall adiligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. 18 bAnd you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

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

Nehemiah 9:26

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

Nehemiah 9:29-30

29 lAnd you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet mthey acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, nwhich if a person does them, he shall live by them, oand they turned a stubborn shoulder pand stiffened their neck and would not obey. 30Many years qyou bore with them rand warned them sby your Spirit through your prophets. tYet they would not give ear. uTherefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Jeremiah 44:4

4 vYet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’

Jeremiah 44:23

23It is because you made offerings wand because you sinned against the Lord and did not obey the voice of the Lord or walk in his law and in his statutes and in his testimonies xthat this disaster has happened to you, as at this day.”

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