24 Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention(A) but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward.(B) 25 Since the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until today, I have sent all my servants the prophets(C) to you time and time again.[a](D) 26 However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate;(E) they did more evil than their ancestors.(F)

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  1. 7:25 Lit you, each day rising early and sending

24 But they did not listen(A) or pay attention;(B) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(C) They went backward(D) and not forward. 25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again(E) I sent you my servants(F) the prophets.(G) 26 But they did not listen to me or pay attention.(H) They were stiff-necked(I) and did more evil than their ancestors.’(J)

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