Jeremiah 11:14; 12:15--16: “Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.” . . .  “After I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will...

Jeremiah 9:26: “All the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.” Observation: Jeremiah had been called to stand in the gate and proclaim the word of the Lord. Chapter 9 ends with God complaining of this: “all the nations are...

Jeremiah 5:1: “Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her. John 12:24-25: “Truly, truly I say to you,...

John 11:33-35 “When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and said, ‘Where have you laid him?’ They said to Him, ‘Lord, come and see.’  Jesus wept.” Observation: Jesus deeply...

Jeremiah 1:18--19: “’Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. They will fight against you, but they...

Habakkuk 2:14; 3:17--18: “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. . . . Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields...

John 7:19, 24: “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me? . . . Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” Observation: Jerusalem Jesus, teaching in the temple, was greeted by...

John 6:28--29: “They said to Him, ‘What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?’ Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’” Observation: Jesus had just miraculously fed well over 5,000 people on...

2 Kings 21:9: “But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons of...

Isaiah 65:1: “I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, Here am I,’ to a nation which did not call on My name.” Isaiah 66:1--2: “Thus says the Lord, ‘Heaven is my...