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2 Chronicles 24:19

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Even though the Lord sent prophets to the people to turn them back to him and even though the prophets warned them, they refused to listen.

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Zedekiah turned against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to swear in God’s name to be loyal to him. But Zedekiah became stubborn and refused to obey the Lord, the God of Israel.

“But they were disobedient and turned against you and ignored your teachings. Your prophets warned them to come back to you, but they killed those prophets and spoke against you.

You were patient with them for many years and warned them by your Spirit through the prophets, but they did not pay attention. So you handed them over to other countries.

Listen closely to what I tell you; listen carefully to what I say.

Will any of you listen to this? Will you listen carefully in the future?

“My people, listen to me; my nation, pay attention to me. I will give the people my teachings, and my decisions will be like a light to all people.

Come to me and listen; listen to me so you may live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. I will give you the blessings I promised to David.

The Lord has spoken his word to me again and again for these past twenty-three years. I have been a prophet since the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah. I have spoken messages from the Lord to you from that time until today, but you have not listened.

“But you people of Judah did not listen to me,” says the Lord. “You made me angry by worshiping idols that were the work of your own hands, so I punished you.”

So this is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Since you have not listened to my messages,

You must listen to what my servants the prophets say to you. I have sent them to you again and again, but you did not listen.

Don’t be like your ancestors. In the past the prophets said to them: This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Stop your evil ways and evil actions.’ But they wouldn’t listen or pay attention to me, says the Lord.

Let those with ears use them and listen.”

But Abraham said to him, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’ ”




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