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Nehemiah 9:16

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“But our ancestors were proud and stubborn and did not obey your commands.

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But the people would not listen. They were stubborn, just as their ancestors had been who did not believe in the Lord their God.

Our ancestors were unfaithful to God and did what the Lord said was wrong. They left the Lord and stopped worshiping at the Temple where he lives. They rejected him.

Don’t be stubborn as your ancestors were, but obey the Lord willingly. Come to the Temple, which he has made holy forever. Serve the Lord your God so he will not be angry with you.

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.

You did signs and miracles against the king of Egypt, and against all his officers and all his people, because you knew how proud they were. You became as famous as you are today.

You warned them to return to your teachings, but they were proud and did not obey your commands. If someone obeys your laws, he will live, but they sinned against your laws. They were stubborn, unwilling, and disobedient.

We have sinned just as our ancestors did. We have done wrong; we have done evil.

My people, listen. I am warning you. Israel, please listen to me!

He said, “You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you.”

The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and I know that they are very stubborn.

Whoever is stubborn after being corrected many times will suddenly be hurt beyond cure.

If you had obeyed me, you would have had peace like a full-flowing river. Good things would have flowed to you like the waves of the sea.

I knew you were stubborn; your neck was like an iron muscle, and your head was like bronze.

But they turned against him and made his Holy Spirit very sad. So he became their enemy, and he fought against them.

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will soon bring disaster to Jerusalem and the villages around it, as I said I would. This will happen because the people are very stubborn and do not listen at all to what I say.’ ”

“People of Judah, pay attention to the word of the Lord: Have I been like a desert to the people of Israel or like a dark and dangerous land? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to wander. We won’t come to you anymore’?

But your ancestors did not listen or pay attention to me. They were very stubborn and did more evil than their ancestors.’

But she has refused to obey my laws and has been more evil than the nations. She has refused to obey my rules, even more than nations around her. The people of Jerusalem have rejected my laws and have not lived by my rules.

Stephen continued speaking: “You stubborn people! You have not given your hearts to God, nor will you listen to him! You are always against what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell you, just as your ancestors were.

But you are stubborn and refuse to change, so you are making your own punishment even greater on the day he shows his anger. On that day everyone will see God’s right judgments.

I know how stubborn and disobedient you are. You have disobeyed the Lord while I am alive and with you, and you will disobey even more after I die!

Israel grew fat and kicked; they were fat and full and firm. They left the God who made them and rejected the Rock who saved them.

I wish their hearts would always respect me and that they would always obey my commands so that things would go well for them and their children forever!

The Lord said to me, “I have watched these people, and they are very stubborn!

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at how stubborn these people are, and don’t look at their sin and evil.

The Lord your God is giving you this good land to take as your own. But know this: It is not because you are good; you are a stubborn people.

But encourage each other every day while it is “today.” Help each other so none of you will become hardened because sin has tricked you.

This is what the Scripture says: “Today listen to what he says. Do not be stubborn as in the past when you turned against God.”




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