He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day." But this does not mean that most people are lost! God is working through a carefully laid-out plan whereby every individual who has ever lived will eventually hear and understand God’s calling. Those who respond in faith and obedience will be saved from eternal death. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

when my people humble themselves—the ones who are called by my name—and pray, seek me, and turn away from their evil practices, I myself will listen from heaven, I will pardon their sins, and I will restore their land.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. I’ve had a wonderful life. I was an umpire in the major leagues for thirty-one years, from 1962, when John F. Kennedy was president, until 1992, the end of the George H. W. Bush presidency. That’s a lot of games: 4,673, to be exact. During that time I don’t believe I ever made a wrong call. Perhaps that’s why the players lovingly referred to me as God. Our article “ Resurrections: What Are They?” covers the when, where, why and how of this part of God’s pla But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,' the LORD LORD who rules over all had said. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the LORD Almighty. It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.And now thus saith the Lord God that made thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. During one off-season I went to Baja California looking for an engine for my Model A. I stepped out of my car to ask where the guy who owned the engine lived, and a German shepherd came out of nowhere and tore up my left leg. I had to get twenty-two stitches. For having known God, they glorified Him not as God, or were thankful; but they became futile in their thinking and their foolish heart was darkened. because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened, I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Then shall they call upon me.--They did not call upon Him in an "acceptable time," in "a day of salvation" ( Isaiah 49:8), while He was "near" ( Isaiah 55:6); so at last the master of the house has "risen up, and shut-to the door" ( Luke 13:25), and will not listen to their cries. Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance…

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.