for they had defied God’s words, and spurned the counsel of Elyon.
Many times He delivered them, but they kept rebelling deliberately, and so sank low into their iniquity.
And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
since you ignore all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert!
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
But the Pharisees and Torah lawyers, not having been immersed by John, declared God’s purpose invalid for themselves.
“As for the word that you spoke to us in the Name of Adonai, we are not going to listen to you!
You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Adonai spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and sneering at Yeshua.
A father of orphans, defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.
They say: “Let Him hurry up and hasten His work, so we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so we may know it!”
For Your testimonies are my delight— they are also my counselors.
The chariots of God are thousands and thousands —my Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
Our fathers in Egypt did not ponder Your wonders. Nor did they remember Your abundant lovingkindness, but rebelled by the sea— at the Sea of Reeds.