Afflictions and Adversities: Obduracy In
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Leviticus 26:23, 24, 27, 28
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me, / then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins. / But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
Job 36:12, 13
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge. / The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
Psalm 78:31, 32
God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel. / In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
Isaiah 8:21
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
Isaiah 9:13
But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
Isaiah 22:12, 13
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. / But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Isaiah 26:11
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
Isaiah 57:17
I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
Jeremiah 2:30, 35
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.” / you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Jeremiah 7:28
Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
Daniel 9:13
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
Hosea 7:9, 10, 14
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know. / Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him. / They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
Hosea 9:17
My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Amos 4:6–11
“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Zephaniah 3:2, 7
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. / I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
Haggai 2:17
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
Revelation 9:20, 21
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. / Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
Revelation 16:9–11, 21
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory. / And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish / and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.