Zechariah 1:4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return ...

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Amplified Bible - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
新标点和合本 - 不要效法你们列祖。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说：你们要回头离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不要效法你们的祖先。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说，当回转离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不要效法你们的祖先。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说，当回转离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
当代译本 - 不要效法你们的祖先。以前的先知曾呼唤他们要听从万军之耶和华的话，改邪归正，停止作恶，他们却置若罔闻，不予理会。这是耶和华说的。
圣经新译本 - 不要效法你们的列祖那样，从前的先知呼唤他们：万军之耶和华这样说，你们要回转，离开你们的恶道和恶行。他们却不听从，也不理会我（这是耶和华的宣告）。
中文标准译本 - 耶和华宣告：‘你们不要像你们的祖先！先前的众先知呼唤他们，说：“万军之耶和华如此说：现在你们要回转离开自己邪恶的道路和邪恶的行为！”他们却不听从，也不留心听我的话。
现代标点和合本 - 不要效法你们列祖，从前的先知呼叫他们说“万军之耶和华如此说：你们要回头，离开你们的恶道恶行”，他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本（拼音版） - 不要效法你们列祖。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说：你们要回头离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
New International Version - Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
New International Reader's Version - “Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said, ‘Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.
English Standard Version - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
New Living Translation - Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
Christian Standard Bible - Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me — this is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible - “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
New King James Version - “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
American Standard Version - Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.
King James Version - Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
New English Translation - “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the Lord.
World English Bible - Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
新標點和合本 - 不要效法你們列祖。從前的先知呼叫他們說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：『你們要回頭離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不要效法你們的祖先。從前的先知呼叫他們說：『萬軍之耶和華如此說，當回轉離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不要效法你們的祖先。從前的先知呼叫他們說：『萬軍之耶和華如此說，當回轉離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
當代譯本 - 不要效法你們的祖先。以前的先知曾呼喚他們要聽從萬軍之耶和華的話，改邪歸正，停止作惡，他們卻置若罔聞，不予理會。這是耶和華說的。
聖經新譯本 - 不要效法你們的列祖那樣，從前的先知呼喚他們：萬軍之耶和華這樣說，你們要回轉，離開你們的惡道和惡行。他們卻不聽從，也不理會我（這是耶和華的宣告）。
呂振中譯本 - 不要像你們列祖；從前的神言人呼叫他們說：「萬軍之永恆主這麼說：你們要回轉離開你們的壞行徑、壞作為」。他們卻不聽，不側耳聽我：永恆主發神諭說。
中文標準譯本 - 耶和華宣告：『你們不要像你們的祖先！先前的眾先知呼喚他們，說：「萬軍之耶和華如此說：現在你們要回轉離開自己邪惡的道路和邪惡的行為！」他們卻不聽從，也不留心聽我的話。
現代標點和合本 - 不要效法你們列祖，從前的先知呼叫他們說「萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要回頭，離開你們的惡道惡行」，他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
文理和合譯本 - 毋效爾列祖、古先知呼之曰、萬軍之耶和華云、轉離爾之惡途惡行、惟彼不聽、不從我言、耶和華言之矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾勿效祖所為、古先知告之曰、萬有之主耶和華云、棄惡勿作、彼不聽從、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、毋效爾之列祖、昔日之眾先知曾告之曰、萬有之主如是云、爾當悔改、勿行惡道、勿作惡事、勿行惡道勿作惡事或作離爾惡道惡行彼不聽、不順我、此乃主所言、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »”No sean como sus antepasados, a quienes les proclamaron los profetas de antaño que así dice el Señor Todopoderoso: ‘Vuélvanse de su mala conducta y de sus malas prácticas’. Porque ellos no me obedecieron ni me prestaron atención —afirma el Señor—.
현대인의 성경 - 너희는 너희 조상들과 같이 되지 말아라. 오래 전에 예언자들이 그들에게 악하고 죄된 생활을 하지 말라는 나 여호와의 말을 전하였으나 그들은 듣지 않고 내 말에 순종하지 않았다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки: „Так говорит Господь Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Господь. –
Восточный перевод - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки, говоря: „Так говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки, говоря: „Так говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки, говоря: „Так говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Вечный. –
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ne faites pas comme vos ancêtres, que les prophètes d’autrefois ont exhortés en leur disant : « Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur des armées célestes : Abandonnez votre mauvaise conduite et renoncez à vos mauvaises actions. » Mais vos ancêtres n’ont pas écouté, ils n’ont pas prêté attention à mes paroles, l’Eternel le déclare.
リビングバイブル - 先祖たちのようであってはならない。先の預言者たちは、先祖たちに悪の道から離れるように訴えたが、むだだった。「さあ、わたしのもとに帰れ」と神、主は語った。だが彼らは聞こうとせず、全く心を向けなかった。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Não sejam como os seus antepassados aos quais os antigos profetas proclamaram: ‘Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Deixem os seus caminhos e as suas más obras’. Mas eles não me ouviram nem me deram atenção”, declara o Senhor.
Hoffnung für alle - Seid nicht wie eure Vorfahren, die nicht auf mich hören wollten, als ich ihnen durch die Propheten zurufen ließ: ›So spricht der Herr, der allmächtige Gott: Kehrt um von euren falschen Wegen; hört endlich auf, Böses zu tun!‹ Sie schenkten meinen Worten keine Beachtung.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đừng như tổ tiên các ngươi không lắng nghe hay để ý những điều các tiên tri đã nói với họ: ‘Đây là lời Chúa Hằng Hữu Vạn Quân phán: Hãy từ bỏ đường ác, và chấm dứt những việc làm gian ác.’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - อย่าเป็นเหมือนบรรพบุรุษของพวกเจ้า ซึ่งบรรดาผู้เผยพระวจนะแต่ก่อนเคยประกาศดังนี้ว่า พระยาห์เวห์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ตรัสว่า ‘จงหันจากวิถีและความประพฤติอันชั่วช้าของพวกเจ้า’ แต่พวกเขาไม่ได้ฟังหรือใส่ใจเราเลย องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าเป็นอย่างบรรพบุรุษของพวกท่าน ซึ่งบรรดาผู้เผยคำกล่าวของพระเจ้ารุ่นก่อนๆ ร้องบอกไว้ว่า “พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธากล่าวดังนี้ ‘จงหันไปจากวิถีทางอันชั่วร้ายของพวกเจ้า และจากการกระทำอันชั่วร้าย’” แต่พวกเขาไม่ฟังและไม่เอาใจใส่ พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธาประกาศดังนั้น

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Acts 26:20 - but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
Jeremiah 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dark and shadowy mountains, And while you are longing for light He turns it into the shadow of death, And makes it into thick darkness.
Jeremiah 13:17 - But if you will not listen and obey, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And flow with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 13:18 - Say to the king and the queen mother, “Humble yourselves and take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown [the crown of your glory] Has come down from your head.”
2 Chronicles 30:7 - Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror (lifeless, desolate), just as you see.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 - who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,
1 Thessalonians 2:16 - forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever].
Nehemiah 9:26 - “Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You, And cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who warned them To return to You; And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
2 Chronicles 29:6 - For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have abandoned Him and have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have turned their backs [toward Him].
2 Chronicles 29:7 - They have also closed the doors of the [temple] porch and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:8 - Therefore the wrath of the Lord has been against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, just as you see with your own eyes.
2 Chronicles 29:9 - For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity because of this.
2 Chronicles 29:10 - Now it is in my heart to make a covenant (solemn agreement) with the Lord God of Israel, so that His burning anger will turn away from us.
Zechariah 7:11 - But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.
Zechariah 7:12 - They made their hearts [hard] like flint, so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 7:13 - And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;
Hosea 14:1 - O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Isaiah 31:6 - Return to Him from whom you have so deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
Jeremiah 25:3 - “For these twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not listened.
Jeremiah 25:4 - Although the Lord has persistently sent to you all His servants the prophets, you have not listened nor [even] inclined your ear to hear [His message],
Jeremiah 25:5 - saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and the evil of your actions [that you may not forfeit the right to] live in the land that the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;
Jeremiah 25:6 - and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.’
Jeremiah 25:7 - Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “so that you have provoked Me to anger with the work (idols) of your hands to your own harm.
Ezekiel 18:14 - “Now behold, if this [wicked] man has a son who has observed all the sins which his father committed, and considers [thoughtfully what he has observed] and does not do like his father:
Ezekiel 18:15 - He does not eat [food set before idols] at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,
Ezekiel 18:16 - or oppress anyone, or take anything in pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
Ezekiel 18:17 - he keeps his hand from [oppressing] the poor, does not receive interest or increase [from the needy], but executes My ordinances and walks in My statutes; he shall not die for the sin (guilt) of his father; he shall certainly live.
Jeremiah 17:19 - Thus the Lord said to me, “Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and [stand] also in all the gates of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah 17:20 - and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Jeremiah 17:21 - Thus says the Lord, “Pay attention for your own good, [and for the sake of your future] do not carry any load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 17:22 - You shall not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy [by setting it apart as a day of worship], as I commanded your fathers.
Jeremiah 17:23 - Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.
Ezra 9:7 - Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been exceedingly guilty; and on account of our wrongdoings we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to complete shame, as it is today.
Jeremiah 36:2 - “Take a scroll [of parchment] and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and Judah, and all the nations, from the day I [first] spoke to you in the days of [King] Josiah until this day.
Jeremiah 36:3 - It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster which I plan to bring on them, so that each one will turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their wickedness and their sin.”
Jeremiah 36:4 - Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on the scroll of the book all the words which Jeremiah dictated, [words] which the Lord had spoken to him.
Jeremiah 36:5 - Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am [in hiding, virtually] restrained; I cannot go into the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:6 - So you go to the Lord’s house on a day of fasting and read from the scroll the words of the Lord to the people which you have written as I dictated. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.
Jeremiah 36:7 - It may be that their supplication [for mercy] will come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”
Jeremiah 36:8 - Baruch the son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from [Jeremiah’s scroll] the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.
Jeremiah 36:9 - Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, a fast was proclaimed before the Lord for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 36:10 - Then Baruch read to all the people the words of Jeremiah from the scroll of the book in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.
Nehemiah 9:30 - Yet You were patient with them for many years, And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; Still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
Acts 3:19 - So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];
Jeremiah 18:11 - Now then, say to the men of Judah and to the citizens of Jerusalem, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am shaping a disaster and working out a plan against you. Turn back, each of you from his evil way; correct your habits and change your actions for the better.” ’
Acts 7:51 - “You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.
Acts 7:52 - Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
2 Chronicles 24:19 - Yet God sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these prophets testified against them, but they would not listen.
2 Chronicles 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came over Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have abandoned (turned away from) the Lord, He has also abandoned (turned away from) you.’ ”
2 Chronicles 24:21 - So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 24:22 - Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but he murdered his son. And when Zechariah was dying, he said, “May the Lord see this and require an accounting!”
Matthew 3:8 - So produce fruit that is consistent with repentance [demonstrating new behavior that proves a change of heart, and a conscious decision to turn away from sin];
Matthew 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
Matthew 3:10 - And already the axe [of God’s judgment] is swinging toward the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Amos 5:24 - But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
Ezekiel 3:7 - yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you and obey you, since they are not willing to listen to Me and obey Me, for the entire house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.
Ezekiel 3:8 - Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
Ezekiel 3:9 - I have made your forehead like emery (diamond), harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.”
Isaiah 30:9 - For this is a rebellious people, lying sons, Sons who refuse to listen to The law and instruction of the Lord;
Isaiah 30:10 - Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions from God”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right! Speak to us pleasant things and smooth words, Prophesy [deceitful] illusions [that we will enjoy].
Isaiah 30:11 - Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God], Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 36:23 - And after Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], King Jehoiakim would cut off that portion with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until the [entire] scroll was consumed by the fire.
Jeremiah 36:24 - Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their clothes.
Nehemiah 9:16 - “But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments.
Ezekiel 18:30 - “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one in accordance with his conduct,” says the Lord God. “Repent (change your way of thinking) and turn away from all your transgressions, so that sin may not become a stumbling block to you.
Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed [against Me], and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:32 - For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live!”
Micah 2:6 - ‘Do not speak out,’ so they speak out. But if they do not speak out concerning these things, Reproaches will not be turned back.
Jeremiah 3:12 - Go and proclaim these words toward the north [where the ten tribes have been taken as captives] and say, ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not look on you in anger. For I am gracious and merciful,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.
2 Chronicles 34:21 - “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah in regard to the words of the book which has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept and obeyed the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with everything that is written in this book.”
1 Peter 1:18 - For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,
Jeremiah 6:16 - Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is; then walk in it, And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Jeremiah 6:17 - I have set watchmen (prophets) over you, Saying, ‘Listen and pay attention to the [warning] sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Jeremiah 44:4 - Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.”
Jeremiah 44:5 - But they did not listen or turn [obediently] from their wickedness, and stop burning sacrifices and incense to other gods.
Amos 5:13 - Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].
Amos 5:14 - Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live; And so may the Lord God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!
Amos 5:15 - Hate evil and love good, And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate. Perhaps the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].
Jeremiah 13:9 - “Thus says the Lord, ‘In this same way I shall destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 13:10 - These wicked and malevolent people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubborn way of their heart and have followed other gods [which are nothing—just man-made carvings] to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this waistband which is completely worthless.
Jeremiah 26:5 - and listen and follow [carefully] the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you repeatedly—though you have not listened—
Jeremiah 44:16 - “As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
Jeremiah 7:3 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Change your ways and your behavior, and I will let you live in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 - Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Jeremiah 7:5 - For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly and honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
Jeremiah 7:6 - if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin,
Jeremiah 7:7 - then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever.
Jeremiah 11:6 - And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Hear the words of this [solemn] covenant and do them.
Jeremiah 11:7 - For I solemnly warned your fathers at the time that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning them persistently, saying, “Obey My voice.”
Jeremiah 11:8 - Yet they did not obey or incline their ear [to listen to Me], but everyone walked in the stubborn way of his [own] evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all [the suffering threatened in] the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’ ”
2 Chronicles 36:15 - The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
2 Chronicles 36:16 - But they kept mocking the messengers of God and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy or healing.
Isaiah 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Get your evil deeds out of My sight. Stop doing evil,
Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do good. Seek justice, Rebuke the ruthless, Defend the fatherless, Plead for the [rights of the] widow [in court].
Isaiah 1:18 - “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord. “ Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.
Isaiah 1:19 - If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the best of the land;
Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
Ezekiel 33:11 - Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back (change your way of thinking), turn back [in repentance] from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Jeremiah 35:15 - I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them repeatedly, saying, ‘Let every one of you turn now from his evil way and alter your behavior, and do not follow other gods to worship and serve them; and then you will live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers. But you have not submitted or listened to Me.
Psalms 106:6 - We have sinned like our fathers; We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
Psalms 106:7 - Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles; They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts, But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.
Psalms 78:8 - And not be like their fathers— A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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Amplified Bible - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
新标点和合本 - 不要效法你们列祖。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说：你们要回头离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 不要效法你们的祖先。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说，当回转离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 不要效法你们的祖先。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说，当回转离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
当代译本 - 不要效法你们的祖先。以前的先知曾呼唤他们要听从万军之耶和华的话，改邪归正，停止作恶，他们却置若罔闻，不予理会。这是耶和华说的。
圣经新译本 - 不要效法你们的列祖那样，从前的先知呼唤他们：万军之耶和华这样说，你们要回转，离开你们的恶道和恶行。他们却不听从，也不理会我（这是耶和华的宣告）。
中文标准译本 - 耶和华宣告：‘你们不要像你们的祖先！先前的众先知呼唤他们，说：“万军之耶和华如此说：现在你们要回转离开自己邪恶的道路和邪恶的行为！”他们却不听从，也不留心听我的话。
现代标点和合本 - 不要效法你们列祖，从前的先知呼叫他们说“万军之耶和华如此说：你们要回头，离开你们的恶道恶行”，他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
和合本（拼音版） - 不要效法你们列祖。从前的先知呼叫他们说：‘万军之耶和华如此说：你们要回头离开你们的恶道恶行。’他们却不听，也不顺从我。这是耶和华说的。
New International Version - Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
New International Reader's Version - “Do not be like your people of long ago. The earlier prophets gave them my message. I said, ‘Stop doing what is evil. Turn away from your sinful practices.’ But they would not listen to me. They would not pay any attention,” announces the Lord.
English Standard Version - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
New Living Translation - Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
Christian Standard Bible - Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me — this is the Lord’s declaration.
New American Standard Bible - “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
New King James Version - “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
American Standard Version - Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.
King James Version - Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
New English Translation - “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the Lord.
World English Bible - Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
新標點和合本 - 不要效法你們列祖。從前的先知呼叫他們說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：『你們要回頭離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 不要效法你們的祖先。從前的先知呼叫他們說：『萬軍之耶和華如此說，當回轉離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 不要效法你們的祖先。從前的先知呼叫他們說：『萬軍之耶和華如此說，當回轉離開你們的惡道惡行。』他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
當代譯本 - 不要效法你們的祖先。以前的先知曾呼喚他們要聽從萬軍之耶和華的話，改邪歸正，停止作惡，他們卻置若罔聞，不予理會。這是耶和華說的。
聖經新譯本 - 不要效法你們的列祖那樣，從前的先知呼喚他們：萬軍之耶和華這樣說，你們要回轉，離開你們的惡道和惡行。他們卻不聽從，也不理會我（這是耶和華的宣告）。
呂振中譯本 - 不要像你們列祖；從前的神言人呼叫他們說：「萬軍之永恆主這麼說：你們要回轉離開你們的壞行徑、壞作為」。他們卻不聽，不側耳聽我：永恆主發神諭說。
中文標準譯本 - 耶和華宣告：『你們不要像你們的祖先！先前的眾先知呼喚他們，說：「萬軍之耶和華如此說：現在你們要回轉離開自己邪惡的道路和邪惡的行為！」他們卻不聽從，也不留心聽我的話。
現代標點和合本 - 不要效法你們列祖，從前的先知呼叫他們說「萬軍之耶和華如此說：你們要回頭，離開你們的惡道惡行」，他們卻不聽，也不順從我。這是耶和華說的。
文理和合譯本 - 毋效爾列祖、古先知呼之曰、萬軍之耶和華云、轉離爾之惡途惡行、惟彼不聽、不從我言、耶和華言之矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾勿效祖所為、古先知告之曰、萬有之主耶和華云、棄惡勿作、彼不聽從、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、毋效爾之列祖、昔日之眾先知曾告之曰、萬有之主如是云、爾當悔改、勿行惡道、勿作惡事、勿行惡道勿作惡事或作離爾惡道惡行彼不聽、不順我、此乃主所言、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »”No sean como sus antepasados, a quienes les proclamaron los profetas de antaño que así dice el Señor Todopoderoso: ‘Vuélvanse de su mala conducta y de sus malas prácticas’. Porque ellos no me obedecieron ni me prestaron atención —afirma el Señor—.
현대인의 성경 - 너희는 너희 조상들과 같이 되지 말아라. 오래 전에 예언자들이 그들에게 악하고 죄된 생활을 하지 말라는 나 여호와의 말을 전하였으나 그들은 듣지 않고 내 말에 순종하지 않았다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки: „Так говорит Господь Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Господь. –
Восточный перевод - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки, говоря: „Так говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки, говоря: „Так говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Вечный. –
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Не будьте как ваши предки, к которым взывали прежние пророки, говоря: „Так говорит Вечный, Повелитель Сил: Оставьте свои злые пути и скверные обычаи“, а они не слушали и не внимали Мне, – возвещает Вечный. –
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ne faites pas comme vos ancêtres, que les prophètes d’autrefois ont exhortés en leur disant : « Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur des armées célestes : Abandonnez votre mauvaise conduite et renoncez à vos mauvaises actions. » Mais vos ancêtres n’ont pas écouté, ils n’ont pas prêté attention à mes paroles, l’Eternel le déclare.
リビングバイブル - 先祖たちのようであってはならない。先の預言者たちは、先祖たちに悪の道から離れるように訴えたが、むだだった。「さあ、わたしのもとに帰れ」と神、主は語った。だが彼らは聞こうとせず、全く心を向けなかった。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Não sejam como os seus antepassados aos quais os antigos profetas proclamaram: ‘Assim diz o Senhor dos Exércitos: Deixem os seus caminhos e as suas más obras’. Mas eles não me ouviram nem me deram atenção”, declara o Senhor.
Hoffnung für alle - Seid nicht wie eure Vorfahren, die nicht auf mich hören wollten, als ich ihnen durch die Propheten zurufen ließ: ›So spricht der Herr, der allmächtige Gott: Kehrt um von euren falschen Wegen; hört endlich auf, Böses zu tun!‹ Sie schenkten meinen Worten keine Beachtung.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đừng như tổ tiên các ngươi không lắng nghe hay để ý những điều các tiên tri đã nói với họ: ‘Đây là lời Chúa Hằng Hữu Vạn Quân phán: Hãy từ bỏ đường ác, và chấm dứt những việc làm gian ác.’
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - อย่าเป็นเหมือนบรรพบุรุษของพวกเจ้า ซึ่งบรรดาผู้เผยพระวจนะแต่ก่อนเคยประกาศดังนี้ว่า พระยาห์เวห์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ตรัสว่า ‘จงหันจากวิถีและความประพฤติอันชั่วช้าของพวกเจ้า’ แต่พวกเขาไม่ได้ฟังหรือใส่ใจเราเลย องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - อย่าเป็นอย่างบรรพบุรุษของพวกท่าน ซึ่งบรรดาผู้เผยคำกล่าวของพระเจ้ารุ่นก่อนๆ ร้องบอกไว้ว่า “พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธากล่าวดังนี้ ‘จงหันไปจากวิถีทางอันชั่วร้ายของพวกเจ้า และจากการกระทำอันชั่วร้าย’” แต่พวกเขาไม่ฟังและไม่เอาใจใส่ พระผู้เป็นเจ้าจอมโยธาประกาศดังนั้น

Acts 26:20 - but I openly proclaimed first to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent [change their inner self—their old way of thinking] and turn to God, doing deeds and living lives which are consistent with repentance.
Jeremiah 13:16 - Give glory to the Lord your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dark and shadowy mountains, And while you are longing for light He turns it into the shadow of death, And makes it into thick darkness.
Jeremiah 13:17 - But if you will not listen and obey, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And flow with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 13:18 - Say to the king and the queen mother, “Humble yourselves and take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown [the crown of your glory] Has come down from your head.”
2 Chronicles 30:7 - Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror (lifeless, desolate), just as you see.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 - who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,
1 Thessalonians 2:16 - forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever].
Nehemiah 9:26 - “Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You, And cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who warned them To return to You; And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
2 Chronicles 29:6 - For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have abandoned Him and have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have turned their backs [toward Him].
2 Chronicles 29:7 - They have also closed the doors of the [temple] porch and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:8 - Therefore the wrath of the Lord has been against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, just as you see with your own eyes.
2 Chronicles 29:9 - For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity because of this.
2 Chronicles 29:10 - Now it is in my heart to make a covenant (solemn agreement) with the Lord God of Israel, so that His burning anger will turn away from us.
Zechariah 7:11 - But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.
Zechariah 7:12 - They made their hearts [hard] like flint, so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 7:13 - And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts;
Hosea 14:1 - O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Isaiah 31:6 - Return to Him from whom you have so deeply defected, O sons of Israel.
Jeremiah 25:3 - “For these twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not listened.
Jeremiah 25:4 - Although the Lord has persistently sent to you all His servants the prophets, you have not listened nor [even] inclined your ear to hear [His message],
Jeremiah 25:5 - saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and the evil of your actions [that you may not forfeit the right to] live in the land that the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;
Jeremiah 25:6 - and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.’
Jeremiah 25:7 - Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “so that you have provoked Me to anger with the work (idols) of your hands to your own harm.
Ezekiel 18:14 - “Now behold, if this [wicked] man has a son who has observed all the sins which his father committed, and considers [thoughtfully what he has observed] and does not do like his father:
Ezekiel 18:15 - He does not eat [food set before idols] at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,
Ezekiel 18:16 - or oppress anyone, or take anything in pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
Ezekiel 18:17 - he keeps his hand from [oppressing] the poor, does not receive interest or increase [from the needy], but executes My ordinances and walks in My statutes; he shall not die for the sin (guilt) of his father; he shall certainly live.
Jeremiah 17:19 - Thus the Lord said to me, “Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and [stand] also in all the gates of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah 17:20 - and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Jeremiah 17:21 - Thus says the Lord, “Pay attention for your own good, [and for the sake of your future] do not carry any load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 17:22 - You shall not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy [by setting it apart as a day of worship], as I commanded your fathers.
Jeremiah 17:23 - Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.
Ezra 9:7 - Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been exceedingly guilty; and on account of our wrongdoings we, our kings, and our priests have been handed over to the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to complete shame, as it is today.
Jeremiah 36:2 - “Take a scroll [of parchment] and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and Judah, and all the nations, from the day I [first] spoke to you in the days of [King] Josiah until this day.
Jeremiah 36:3 - It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster which I plan to bring on them, so that each one will turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their wickedness and their sin.”
Jeremiah 36:4 - Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on the scroll of the book all the words which Jeremiah dictated, [words] which the Lord had spoken to him.
Jeremiah 36:5 - Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am [in hiding, virtually] restrained; I cannot go into the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:6 - So you go to the Lord’s house on a day of fasting and read from the scroll the words of the Lord to the people which you have written as I dictated. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.
Jeremiah 36:7 - It may be that their supplication [for mercy] will come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”
Jeremiah 36:8 - Baruch the son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from [Jeremiah’s scroll] the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.
Jeremiah 36:9 - Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, a fast was proclaimed before the Lord for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 36:10 - Then Baruch read to all the people the words of Jeremiah from the scroll of the book in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.
Nehemiah 9:30 - Yet You were patient with them for many years, And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; Still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
Acts 3:19 - So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];
Jeremiah 18:11 - Now then, say to the men of Judah and to the citizens of Jerusalem, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am shaping a disaster and working out a plan against you. Turn back, each of you from his evil way; correct your habits and change your actions for the better.” ’
Acts 7:51 - “You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.
Acts 7:52 - Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;
2 Chronicles 24:19 - Yet God sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these prophets testified against them, but they would not listen.
2 Chronicles 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came over Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have abandoned (turned away from) the Lord, He has also abandoned (turned away from) you.’ ”
2 Chronicles 24:21 - So they conspired against Zechariah and stoned him [to death] at the command of the king, in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 24:22 - Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but he murdered his son. And when Zechariah was dying, he said, “May the Lord see this and require an accounting!”
Matthew 3:8 - So produce fruit that is consistent with repentance [demonstrating new behavior that proves a change of heart, and a conscious decision to turn away from sin];
Matthew 3:9 - and do not presume to say to yourselves [as a defense], ‘We have Abraham for our father [so our inheritance assures us of salvation]’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children (descendants) for Abraham.
Matthew 3:10 - And already the axe [of God’s judgment] is swinging toward the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Amos 5:24 - But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
Ezekiel 3:7 - yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you and obey you, since they are not willing to listen to Me and obey Me, for the entire house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.
Ezekiel 3:8 - Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.
Ezekiel 3:9 - I have made your forehead like emery (diamond), harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.”
Isaiah 30:9 - For this is a rebellious people, lying sons, Sons who refuse to listen to The law and instruction of the Lord;
Isaiah 30:10 - Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions from God”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right! Speak to us pleasant things and smooth words, Prophesy [deceitful] illusions [that we will enjoy].
Isaiah 30:11 - Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God], Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 36:23 - And after Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], King Jehoiakim would cut off that portion with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until the [entire] scroll was consumed by the fire.
Jeremiah 36:24 - Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their clothes.
Nehemiah 9:16 - “But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They stiffened their necks and would not heed Your commandments.
Ezekiel 18:30 - “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one in accordance with his conduct,” says the Lord God. “Repent (change your way of thinking) and turn away from all your transgressions, so that sin may not become a stumbling block to you.
Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed [against Me], and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why should you die, O house of Israel?
Ezekiel 18:32 - For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” says the Lord God. “Therefore, repent and live!”
Micah 2:6 - ‘Do not speak out,’ so they speak out. But if they do not speak out concerning these things, Reproaches will not be turned back.
Jeremiah 3:12 - Go and proclaim these words toward the north [where the ten tribes have been taken as captives] and say, ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not look on you in anger. For I am gracious and merciful,’ says the Lord; ‘I will not be angry forever.
2 Chronicles 34:21 - “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah in regard to the words of the book which has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept and obeyed the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with everything that is written in this book.”
1 Peter 1:18 - For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,
Jeremiah 6:16 - Thus says the Lord, “Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is; then walk in it, And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Jeremiah 6:17 - I have set watchmen (prophets) over you, Saying, ‘Listen and pay attention to the [warning] sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Jeremiah 44:4 - Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this shamefully vile thing which I hate.”
Jeremiah 44:5 - But they did not listen or turn [obediently] from their wickedness, and stop burning sacrifices and incense to other gods.
Amos 5:13 - Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].
Amos 5:14 - Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live; And so may the Lord God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!
Amos 5:15 - Hate evil and love good, And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate. Perhaps the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].
Jeremiah 13:9 - “Thus says the Lord, ‘In this same way I shall destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 13:10 - These wicked and malevolent people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubborn way of their heart and have followed other gods [which are nothing—just man-made carvings] to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this waistband which is completely worthless.
Jeremiah 26:5 - and listen and follow [carefully] the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you repeatedly—though you have not listened—
Jeremiah 44:16 - “As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
Jeremiah 7:3 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Change your ways and your behavior, and I will let you live in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 - Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Jeremiah 7:5 - For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly and honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
Jeremiah 7:6 - if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin,
Jeremiah 7:7 - then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever.
Jeremiah 11:6 - And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Hear the words of this [solemn] covenant and do them.
Jeremiah 11:7 - For I solemnly warned your fathers at the time that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning them persistently, saying, “Obey My voice.”
Jeremiah 11:8 - Yet they did not obey or incline their ear [to listen to Me], but everyone walked in the stubborn way of his [own] evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all [the suffering threatened in] the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’ ”
2 Chronicles 36:15 - The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
2 Chronicles 36:16 - But they kept mocking the messengers of God and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy or healing.
Isaiah 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Get your evil deeds out of My sight. Stop doing evil,
Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do good. Seek justice, Rebuke the ruthless, Defend the fatherless, Plead for the [rights of the] widow [in court].
Isaiah 1:18 - “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord. “ Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.
Isaiah 1:19 - If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the best of the land;
Zechariah 1:3 - Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.
Ezekiel 33:11 - Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back (change your way of thinking), turn back [in repentance] from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Jeremiah 35:15 - I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them repeatedly, saying, ‘Let every one of you turn now from his evil way and alter your behavior, and do not follow other gods to worship and serve them; and then you will live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers. But you have not submitted or listened to Me.
Psalms 106:6 - We have sinned like our fathers; We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
Psalms 106:7 - Our fathers in Egypt did not understand nor appreciate Your miracles; They did not remember the abundance of Your mercies nor imprint Your lovingkindnesses on their hearts, But they were rebellious at the sea, at the Red Sea.
Psalms 78:8 - And not be like their fathers— A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.