For through the anger of Jehovah it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from before His face, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

For although the anger of Jehovah was upon Jerusalem and Judah (until He had cast them out from His presence), Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Moreover the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And he has taken the king's seed, made a covenant with him, and put him under oath. He also has taken away the mighty of the land,

But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?

Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company do anything in the war, when they heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off many persons.

Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense upon his own head.

And Joshua made peace with them, and made a treaty with them to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

Then all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Jehovah, the God of Israel; now therefore, we cannot touch them.

This we will do to them: We will let them live, that wrath not be upon us because of the oath which we have sworn to them.

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. The children of Israel had sworn peace to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

But they and our fathers acted presumptuously, hardened their necks, and did not heed Your commandments,

and refused to obey, and they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness; and did not forsake them.

because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew and your brow bronze.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened and he did not heed them; as Jehovah had said.

And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also; neither would he let the people go.

As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go.

and testified against them, that You might bring them back to Your Law. Yet they acted presumptuously, and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. And they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

But according to your hardness and impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

do not harden your hearts as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

but exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, that not any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.