Isaiah 50:2
50:2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?
Why does no one respond when I call?
Is my hand too weak to deliver you?
Do I lack the power to rescue you?
Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea;
I can turn streams into a desert,
so the fish rot away and die
from lack of water.
Isaiah 65:12
65:12 I predestine you to die by the sword,
all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block,
because I called to you, and you did not respond,
I spoke and you did not listen.
You did evil before me;
you chose to do what displeases me.”
Proverbs 1:24
1:24 However, because I called but you refused to listen,
because I stretched out my hand but no one paid attention,
Jeremiah 7:13
7:13 You also have done all these things, says the
Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again.
But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!
Matthew 22:2-7
22:2 “The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.
22:3 He sent his slaves
to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.
22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready.
My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.”’
22:5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
22:6 The
rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
22:7 The
king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death
and set their city
on fire.