The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they refused to listen.
Proverbs 1:24 - Easy To Read Version “But you refused to listen to me. I tried to help. I offered my hand—but you refused to accept my help. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it, [Isa. 65:11, 12; 66:4; Jer. 7:13, 14; Zech. 7:11-13.] American Standard Version (1901) Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; Common English Bible I invited you, but you rejected me; I stretched out my hand to you, but you paid no attention. Catholic Public Domain Version For I called, and you refused. I extended my hand, and there was no one who watched. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded. |
The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they refused to listen.
But God’s people made fun of God’s prophets. They refused to listen to God’s prophets. They hated God’s messages. Finally God could not hold his anger any longer. God became angry at his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.
But maybe God does explain\par what he does.\par Maybe God speaks in ways that\par people don’t understand.\par
Bad people join together to hurt good people.\par Those bad people try to start fights.\par But you hide those good people\par and protect them.\par You protect them in your shelter.\par
If a person is stubborn and becomes more angry every time people tell him that he is doing wrong, then that person will be destroyed. There is no hope.
I came home and found no one there.\par I called and called,\par but no one answered.\par Do you think I am not able to save you?\par I have the power to save you\par from all of your troubles.\par Look, if I command the sea to dry up,\par then it will become dry!\par The fish will die without water,\par and their bodies will rot.\par
\{But I decide your future.\} And I decided that you will be killed with a sword. You will all be killed. Why? Because I called to you, and you refused to answer me! I spoke to you, and you would not listen. You did the things that I say are evil. You decided to do the things that I don’t like.”
“I stood ready to accept people that turned against me. I was waiting for those people to come to me. But they continued living a way that is not good. They did anything their hearts wanted to do.
So I decided to use their own tricks!\par \{I mean that\} I will punish them\par using the things they are most afraid of.\par I called to those people,\par but they did not listen.\par I spoke to them,\par but they did not hear me.\par So I will do the same thing to them.\par Those people did things I said are evil.\par They chose to do things I did not like.”\par
So the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “I said many bad things would happen to Judah and Jerusalem. I will soon make all those bad things happen. I spoke to those people, but they refused to listen. I called out to them, but they didn’t answer me.”
“We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.
You people of Israel were doing all these evil things”—This message is from the Lord!—“I spoke to you again and again, but you refused to listen to me. I called to you, but you did not answer.
One bad thing followed another.\par And lies followed lies.\par The people refused to know me.”\par The Lord said those things.\par
So the Lord All-Powerful said,\par “I called to them,\par and they did not answer.\par So now, if they call to me,\par I will not answer.\par
Help us to be brave by showing us your power: make sick people well, give proofs, and make miracles {\cf2\super [78]} happen by the power of Jesus, your holy servant.”
\{God said this through Isaiah about the non-Jewish people.\} But about the Jewish people God says, “All day long I have waited for those people, but they refuse to obey and refuse to follow me.” {\cf2\super [113]}
Saul prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him. God did not talk to Saul in dreams. God did not use the Urim [208] to give him an answer. And God did not use prophets to speak to Saul.