Passage Deuteronomy 9:24
The Bible itself describes Israel as a people who rebelled again and again. Moses tells them in Deuteronomy 9:24 that they have been rebellious from the day he knew them, and in Deuteronomy 31:27 that they are rebellious and stubborn, and will be more so after his death. Deuteronomy 28:68 warns that the LORD will bring them back to Egypt in ships to be sold as slaves with no buyer, and Hosea 8:13 says that God will remember their iniquity, punish their sins, and that they shall return to Egypt.
Matthew 21:43, in which Jesus says the kingdom of God will be taken from his hearers and given to a people producing its fruits, is taken to mean that another community would take their place. The argument is a reading of what scripture says about Israel’s record and its consequences. (The New Testament text is not yet on this site.)
You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Deuteronomy 9:24
For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the LORD. How much more after my death!
Deuteronomy 31:27
And the LORD will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”
Deuteronomy 28:68
As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 8:13
Source: see Credits and references (no. 23, p. 22).