But the Lord took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him.

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”

because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, “You will not hold me accountable.”

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’

For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!

They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, ‘Things will go well for you!’ They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’

ו (Vav) He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The Lord has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them?

But if the Lord does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord!”

For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors – one flowing with milk and honey – and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up – because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets –