Psalm 81:11-12 Part 3 of 3

"But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel didn't want me around. So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas.

 

So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas 

Deuteronomy 29:19-21  "Those who hear the warnings of this curse (Deuteronomy 28:15-68) should not congratulate themselves, thinking, 'I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.' This would lead to utter ruin! The LORD will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven. The LORD will separate them from all the tribes of Israel, to pour out on them all the curses of the covenant recorded in this Book of Instruction." 

Psalm 106:43  Again and again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him and they were finally destroyed by their sin.

Jeremiah 7:24-26  "But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward. From the day your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my servants, the prophets--day in and day out. But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful--even worse than their ancestors." 

Micah 6:13-16  "Therefore, I will wound you! I will bring you to ruin for all your sins. You will eat but never have enough. Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain. And though you try to save your money it will come to nothing in the end. You will save a little, but I will give it to those who conquer you. You will plant crops but not harvest them. You will press your olives but not get enough oil to anoint yourselves. You will trample the grapes but get no juice to make your wine. You keep only the laws of evil King Omri; you follow only the example of wicked King Ahab! Therefore, I will make an example of you, bringing you to complete ruin. You will be treated with contempt, mocked by all who see you."

 

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