23 Yet (A)they did not listen or incline their ear, (B)but stiffened their neck, that they (C)might not hear and receive instruction.

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23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention;(A) they were stiff-necked(B) and would not listen or respond to discipline.(C)

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and that they should not be (A)like their fathers,
    (B)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (C)whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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They would not be like their ancestors(A)
    a stubborn(B) and rebellious(C) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

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(A)Do not remember against us (B)our former iniquities;[a]
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are (C)brought very low.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:8 Or the iniquities of former generations

Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(A)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(B)

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18 “And I said to (A)their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk (B)in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, (C)nor defile yourselves with their idols.

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18 I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents(A) or keep their laws or defile yourselves(B) with their idols.

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