And you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
But you have ignored all my counsel, and would have none of my reproof:
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Now we know that God hears not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.