Pro 1:24, Isa 50:2, 65:12, 66:4, Hos 11:2, 7, Zec 7:13, Mat 23:37 | ESV | STEP | Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded ,

Proverbs 1:24

24 ^aBecause I have called and ^byou refused to listen,
have ^cstretched out my hand and no one has heeded,

Isaiah 50:2

2 ^dWhy, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
^eIs my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
^fBehold, by my rebuke ^gI dry up the sea,
^hI make the rivers a desert;
ⁱtheir fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.

Isaiah 65:12

12 I will destine you to the sword,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
^jbecause, when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not listen,
^kbut you did what was evil in my eyes
and chose what I did not delight in.”

Isaiah 66:4

4 ^lI also will choose harsh treatment for them
and bring ^mtheir fears upon them,
ⁿbecause when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, they did not listen;
^obut they did what was evil in my eyes
and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Hosea 11:2

2 ^pThe more they were called,
the more they went away;
^qthey kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

Hosea 11:7

7 My people are bent ^ron turning away from me,
and though ^sthey call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.

Zechariah 7:13

13 ^t“As I ^{▼▼Hebrew he} called, and they would not hear, ^vso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,

Matthew 23:37

Lament over Jerusalem

37 ^w“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^xkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have ^ygathered ^zyour children together ^aaas a hen gathers her brood ^abunder her wings, and ^acyou were not willing!