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2 Kings 17:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But the people would not listen. They were very stubborn like their ancestors. Their ancestors did not believe the Lord their God.

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Then Stephen said, “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You refuse to give your hearts to God or even listen to him. You are always against what the Holy Spirit wants you to do. That’s how your ancestors were, and you are just like them!

I know you are very stubborn. I know you want to live your own way. Look, you refused to obey the Lord while I was with you. So I know you will refuse to obey him after I die.

So, brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has the evil thoughts that cause so much doubt that you stop following the living God.

But your ancestors did not listen to me. They did not pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did evil even worse than their fathers did.

I did that because I knew you were stubborn. You were like iron that will not bend, with heads as hard as bronze.

Some people refuse to bend when someone corrects them. Eventually they will break, and there will be no one to repair the damage.

But then they refused to go into the wonderful land of Canaan. They did not believe that God would help them defeat the people there.

But the people continued to sin! They did not trust in the amazing things God could do.

because they did not trust in him. They did not believe that God could save them.

Zedekiah turned against King Nebuchadnezzar. In the past Nebuchadnezzar forced Zedekiah to make a promise to be faithful to him. Zedekiah used God’s name and promised to be faithful to Nebuchadnezzar. But Zedekiah was stubborn and would not change his life. He refused to obey the Lord, the God of Israel.

“But you didn’t trust the Lord your God then either.

The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and I know that they are very stubborn. They will always turn against me.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you people refuse to obey my commands and teachings?

So go to the land filled with many good things, but I will not go with you. You people are very stubborn. If I go with you, I might destroy you along the way.”

“The Lord also said to me, ‘I have watched these people. They are very stubborn!

They would not be like their ancestors, who were stubborn and refused to obey. Their hearts were not devoted to God, and they were not faithful to him.

I said to your ancestors, “At the end of every seven years, everyone must set their Hebrew slaves free. If you have fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you, you must let them go free after they have served you for six years.” But your ancestors did not listen to me or pay attention to me.

“If you warn them and tell them to change their lives and stop doing evil, but they refuse to listen, they will die because they sinned. But since you warned them, you will have saved your own life.

“But Nebuchadnezzar became proud and stubborn, so his power was taken away from him. He was taken off his royal throne and stripped of his glory.

God sent prophets to the people to bring them back to the Lord. The prophets warned them, but they refused to listen.

You warned them. You told them to come back, but they were too proud. They refused to listen to your commands. If people obey your laws, they will live. But our ancestors broke your laws. They were stubborn. They turned their backs on you. They refused to listen.

I said to myself, ‘Israel will come back to me after she has finished doing these evil things.’ But she did not come back to me. And Israel’s unfaithful sister, Judah, saw what she did.

He said, “Son of man, I am sending you to speak to the family of Israel. Those people and their ancestors turned against me many times. They have sinned against me many times—and they are still sinning against me today.

“Son of man, you live among people who refuse to obey me. They have eyes to see what I have done for them, but they don’t see those things. They have ears to hear what I told them to do, but they don’t hear my commands, because they are a rebellious people.

But the more I called the Israelites, the more they left me. The Israelites gave sacrifices to the false gods and burned incense to the idols.




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