TSK · Nehemiah 9:30

The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor(the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

The LORD sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.

“And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the LORD, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

From the time your ancestors departed the land of Egypt until now, I sent my servants the prophets to you again and again, day after day.

The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him,“The LORD your God threatened this place with this disaster.

But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

ע(Ayin) The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power.

“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had said.

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

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?

for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.