God is a merciful God. God gave many warnings through His prophets. The people did not want to hear the warnings and bad news. God sent Isiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and many others that left us wisdom and knowledge of God’s ways and reasons for punishing His people. Are we listening?
Ezekiel 9:4-6 And the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it. To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill, do not spare, nor have any pity. Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
All these things came and still come to pass. God is long suffering but He does not allow sin to continue forever. All scripture was written and recorded for our benefit.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that he man of God may be complete, throughly equipped for every good work.
