TSK · Exodus 10:3

and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”

You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.

“How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me.

“Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”

In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.

“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

The LORD told me,“Tell the king and the queen mother,‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.