²³ But this is ^[a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘^(A)Obey My voice, and ^(B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk ^[b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may ^(C)go well for you.’ ²⁴ Yet they ^(D)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they ^[c](E)went backward and not forward. ²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have ^(F)sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, again and again. ²⁶ Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but ^(G)stiffened their neck; they ^(H)did more evil than their fathers.

²⁷ “So you shall ^(I)speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will ^(J)not answer you. ²⁸ And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that ^(K)did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept discipline; ^[d](L)trustworthiness has perished and has been eliminated from their mouth.