But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. {rejected: or, frustrated} {against...: or, within themselves}

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till {there was} no remedy. {remedy: Heb. healing}

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: {They soon...: Heb. They made haste, they forgat}

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. {shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace}

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

He {is in} the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. {erreth: or, causeth to err}

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, {and} which stood before him:

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which {if} a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and {that} the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.