Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked {him} with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. {brought...: or, impoverished, or, weakened}

And even as they did not like to retain God in {their} knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; {to retain: or, to acknowledge} {a reprobate...: or, a mind void of judgment or, an unapproving mind}

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, {and} grieve him in the desert! {provoke: or, rebel against}

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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

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

{As for} the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

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}

{They that were} full have hired out themselves for bread; and {they that were} hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry {land}. {in families: Heb. in a house}

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}

Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}

That say, Let him make speed, {and} hasten his work, that we may see {it}: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know {it}!

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, {and} he fought against them.

Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, {for} the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell {among them}. {for men: Heb. in the man}

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked {him} at the sea, {even} at the Red sea.

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

For rebellion {is as} the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness {is as} iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from {being} king. {witchcraft: Heb. divination}

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. {commandment: Heb. mouth}

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. {Destroy...: or, Make them guilty} {by...: or, from their counsels}

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, {and} grieve him in the desert! {provoke: or, rebel against}

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.