I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless he is forced to do so.

When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the LORD can save Jerusalem?"

Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!"

They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.

They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him.

The wicked do not care about the LORD; in their pride they think that God doesn't matter.

"With our words we get what we want. We will say what we wish, and no one can stop us."

Fools say to themselves, "There is no God!" They are all corrupt, and they have done terrible things; there is no one who does what is right.

The sons of Eli were scoundrels. They paid no attention to the LORD

People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.

Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds, so that they do the things that they should not do.

with a flaming fire, to punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus.

I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless he is forced to do so.

"We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of the LORD.

We will do everything that we said we would. We will offer sacrifices to our goddess, the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out wine offerings to her, just as we and our ancestors, our king and our leaders, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of food, we were prosperous, and had no troubles.