Isaiah 55:7
7let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 42:19-22
19The Lord has said to you, O remnant of Judah, a‘Do not go to Egypt.’ bKnow for a certainty that I have warned you this day 20that you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. cFor you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, d‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and ewhatever the Lord our God says, declare to us and we will do it.’ 21And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything fthat he sent me to tell you. 22 gNow therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place where you desire to go to live.”Ezekiel 14:1-6
Idolatrous Elders Condemned
1Then certain of the helders of Israel came to me iand sat before me. 2And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 j“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set kthe stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. lShould I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, mI the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 nthat I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, owho are all estranged from me through their idols.6“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: pRepent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezekiel 18:30-32
30“Therefore qI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. rRepent and turn from all your transgressions, slest iniquity be your ruin. ▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
31 uCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and vmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! wWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 xFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; yso turn, and live.” Acts 2:37-38
37Now when zthey heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, aawhat shall we do?” 38And Peter said to them, ab“Repent and acbe baptized every one of you adin the name of Jesus Christ aefor the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive afthe gift of the Holy Spirit.Acts 17:19-20
19And they took him and brought him to agthe Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this ahnew teaching is that you are presenting? 20For you bring some aistrange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.”
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