Ezekiel 12:9
12:9 “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
Ezekiel 17:12
17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel:
‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’
Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem
and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.
Ezekiel 20:49
20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
Ezekiel 21:7
21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone
will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’
Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign
Lord.”
Ezekiel 37:18
37:18 When your people
say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’
Malachi 3:7-8
3:7 From the days of your ancestors you have ignored
my commandments
and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the
Lord who rules over all. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’
3:8 Can a person rob
God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, ‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!
Malachi 3:13
Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency
3:13 “You have criticized me sharply,” says the Lord, “but you ask, ‘How have we criticized you?’