Bible Verses About Rebellion Against God: Sent to those guilty of

He said, "Human being! I am sending you to the people of Isra'el, that nation of rebels who have rebelled against me - they and their ancestors have been transgressing against me to this very day.

Because they are defiant, hardhearted children, I am sending you; and you are to tell them, 'Here is what Adonai ELOHIM says.'

Whether they listen or not, this rebellious house will still know that a prophet has been among them!

"As for you, human being, don't be afraid of them or their words, even if briars and thorns surround you, and you sit among scorpions. Don't be afraid of their words or be upset by their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

You are to speak my words to them, whether they listen or not, for they are very rebellious.

"Human being," he said to me, "go to the house of Isra'el, and speak my words to them.

For you are not being sent to a people with a difficult language and unintelligible speech, but to the house of Isra'el -

not to many peoples with difficult languages and unintelligible speech, whose words you can't understand when you hear them. Without doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

But the house of Isra'el will not be willing to listen to you, because they aren't willing to listen to me; since all the house of Isra'el are obstinate and hardhearted.

However, I am making you as defiant and obstinate as they are.

Yes, I am making your resoluteness harder than flint, as hard as a diamond. So don't be afraid of them or depressed by how they look at you, because they are a rebellious house."

So he sent another servant; this one they punched in the head and insulted.

He sent another one, and him they killed; and so with many others -- some they beat up, others they killed.

He had still one person left, a son whom he loved; in the end, he sent him to them, saying, `My son they will respect.'

But the tenants said to each other, `This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

So they seized him, killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.