Apostasy and Death of Ahaz(A)

22 Now in the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to the Lord. This is that King Ahaz.

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(A)Why should you be stricken again?
You will revolt more and more.
The whole head is sick,
And the whole heart faints.

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(A)For they are [a]impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ (B)As for them, whether they hear or whether they refuse—for they are a (C)rebellious house—yet they (D)will know that a prophet has been among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 2:4 Lit. stiff-faced and hard-hearted sons

Israel Did Not Accept Correction

“Also I gave you [a]cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
And lack of bread in all your places;
(A)Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 4:6 Hunger

11 “But they refused to heed, (A)shrugged[a] their shoulders, and (B)stopped[b] their ears so that they could not hear.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy

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