Jer 35:15, 44:4-5, Hos 6:4-6, Zec 1:3-6, 7:9-13, Joh 15:16, Rom 7:4 | ESV | STEP | I have sent to you all my servants the prophets , sending them persistently , saying , Turn now every one of you from his evil way , and amend your deeds , and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers . But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

15 I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them ^apersistently, saying, ^b‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and ^cdo not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ ^dBut you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

Jeremiah 44:4-5

4 ^eYet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 ^fBut they did not listen ^gor incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.

Hosea 6:4-6

4 What shall I do with you, ^hO ⁱEphraim?
What shall I do with you, O ^jJudah?
Your love is ^klike a morning cloud,
^llike the dew that goes early away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them ^mby the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For ⁿI desire steadfast love ^{▼▼Septuagint mercy} and not sacrifice,
^pthe knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Zechariah 1:3-6

3 Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: ^qReturn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and ^rI will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. 4 ^sDo not be like your fathers, ^tto whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^uReturn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But ^vthey did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And ^wthe prophets, do they live forever? 6 ^xBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded ^ymy servants the prophets, did they not ^zovertake your fathers? So they repented and said, ^aa‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for ^abour ways and ^acdeeds, so has he dealt with us.’”

Zechariah 7:9-13

9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^adRender true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 ^aedo not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^afor the poor, and ^aglet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11 But ^ahthey refused to pay attention ^aiand turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. ^{▼▼Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear} 12 ^akThey made their hearts diamond-hard ^allest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^amby his Spirit through ^anthe former prophets. ^aoTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ^ap“As I ^{▼▼Hebrew he} called, and they would not hear, ^arso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,

John 15:16

16 You did not choose me, but ^asI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^atbear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^auwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Romans 7:4

4 Likewise, my brothers, ^avyou also have died ^awto the law ^axthrough the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, ^ayin order that we may bear fruit for God.