Verse 13

The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 7:19 : 19 “But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,
  • Jer 22:9 : 9 The answer will come back,“It is because they broke their covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods.”
  • Zeph 3:1-6 : 1 Jerusalem is Corrupt Beware to the filthy, stained city; the city filled with oppressors! 2 She is disobedient; she has refused correction. She does not trust the LORD; she has not sought the advice of her God. 3 Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning. 4 Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests have defiled what is holy; they have broken God’s laws. 5 The just LORD resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame. 6 The Lord’s Judgment will Purify“I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.
  • Deut 31:16-17 : 16 Then the LORD said to Moses,“You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them. 17 At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time,‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’
  • Ezra 9:10 : 10 “And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments
  • Ps 89:30-32 : 30 If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, 31 if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, 32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.
  • Ps 119:53 : 53 Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.
  • Prov 28:4 : 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.