24
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but, in the stubbornness of their evil will, they walked in their own counsels, and looked backward rather than forward.
25
From the day that your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day;
26
yet they did not listen to me, or pay attention, but they stiffened their necks. They did worse than their ancestors did.
27
So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard)