the boughs

Psalm 80:15, 16
the root Your right hand has planted, the branch You have raised up for Yourself. . . .

Ezekiel 15:2-8
"Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? . . .

Ezekiel 20:47
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

Matthew 3:10
The ax lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

for it is

Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand."

Isaiah 44:18-20
They cannot comprehend or understand, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and closed their minds so they cannot understand. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:6
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear of all these statutes and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."

Deuteronomy 32:28, 29
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel with no understanding among them. . . .

Jeremiah 4:22
"For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good."

Jeremiah 5:4, 5, 21, 22
Then I said, "They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. . . .

Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush observe their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Matthew 13:15, 19
For this people's heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.' . . .

Romans 1:28, 31
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. . . .

therefore

Isaiah 43:1, 7
Now this is what the LORD says--He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! . . .

Isaiah 44:20, 21, 24
He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" . . .

Genesis 6:6, 7
And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him in His heart. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:18-25
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:16, 17
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. . . .

Psalm 106:40
So the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Ezekiel 9:10
But as for Me, I will not show pity or spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads."

1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

2 Thessalonians 1:8, 9
in blazing fire. He will inflict vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. . . .

James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.