Ezr 9:13-15, Jer 17:21-23, 27, 44:9, 22, Eze 23:8, 26, Zec 1:4-6 | ESV | STEP | And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt , seeing that you, our God , have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this ,

13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for ^aour great guilt, seeing that you, our ^bGod, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a ^cremnant as this, 14 shall we break your commandments again and ^dintermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us ^euntil you consumed us, so that there should be no ^fremnant, nor any to escape? 15 O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a ^gremnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our ^hguilt, ⁱfor none can stand before you because of this.”

Jeremiah 17:21-23

21 Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and ^jdo not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. 22 And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath ^kor do any work, but ^lkeep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Yet ^mthey did not listen or incline their ear, ⁿbut stiffened their neck, that they ^omight not hear and receive instruction.

Jeremiah 17:27

27 But if you do not listen to me, to ^pkeep the Sabbath day holy, ^qand not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will ^rkindle a fire in its gates, and it shall ^sdevour the palaces of Jerusalem and ^tshall not be quenched.’”

Jeremiah 44:9

9 Have you forgotten the evil of your fathers, ^uthe evil of the kings of Judah, ^vthe evil of their ^{▼▼Hebrew his} wives, your own evil, ^xand the evil of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 44:22

22 ^yThe Lord could no longer bear your evil deeds and ^zthe abominations that you committed. ^aaTherefore your land has become ^aba desolation and a waste and a curse, ^acwithout inhabitant, as it is this day.

Ezekiel 23:8

8 She did not give up her whoring ^adthat she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.

Ezekiel 23:26

26 ^aeThey shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.

Zechariah 1:4-6

4 ^afDo not be like your fathers, ^agto whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^ahReturn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But ^aithey did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And ^ajthe prophets, do they live forever? 6 ^akBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded ^almy servants the prophets, did they not ^amovertake your fathers? So they repented and said, ^an‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for ^aoour ways and ^apdeeds, so has he dealt with us.’”