Pro 1:24-31, Isa 5:5-7, Dan 9:26-27, Zec 13:7-9, Mat 3:9-12, 12:45 | ESV | STEP | Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded ,

24 ^aBecause I have called and ^byou refused to listen,
have ^cstretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have ^dignored all my counsel
and ^ewould have none of my reproof,
26 I also ^fwill laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when ^gterror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like ^ha storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 ⁱThen they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they ^jhated knowledge
and ^kdid not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 ^lwould have none of my counsel
and ^mdespised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat ⁿthe fruit of their way,
and have ^otheir fill of their own devices.

Isaiah 5:5-7

5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^pits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
^rI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ^sbriers and thorns shall grow up;
^tI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 ^uFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike}
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike}

Daniel 9:26-27

26 And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall ^xbe cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come ^yshall destroy the city and the sanctuary. ^zIts ^{▼▼Or His} end shall come with a flood, ^aband to the end there shall be war. ^acDesolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, ^{▼▼Or seven; twice in this verse} and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. ^aeAnd on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until ^afthe decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

Zechariah 13:7-9

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^agmy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^ah“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
^aiand one third shall be left alive.
9 And ^ajI will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
^akThey will call upon my name,
and ^alI will answer them.
^amI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Matthew 3:9-12

9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ^an‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from ^aothese stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ^apEvery tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 ^aq“I baptize you with water ^arfor repentance, but ^ashe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^atwith the Holy Spirit and ^aufire. 12 His ^avwinnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^awgather his wheat into the barn, ^axbut the chaff he will burn with ^ayunquenchable fire.”

Matthew 12:45

45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and ^azthe last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this ^baevil generation.”