So I thought to myself, ‘Because of what I have done to those other nations, surely the people of Jerusalem will revere me now, and they will accept ◄my correcting them/my telling them to quit doing what is wrong►. If they do that, I will not destroy their houses; I will not punish them like I said that I would do.’ But in spite of knowing how I punished those other nations, they were still eager to get up early each morning and continue to do evil things.