I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me,
You will receive instruction’—
So that her dwelling would not be cut off,
Despite everything for which I punished her.
But they rose early and corrupted all their deeds.
Zephaniah 3:7
God speaks, who will listen and heed? Is unwise to take God’s patience as approval or indifference as a country, city, church, family or self.