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"Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but ^(C1)stiffened their neck; they ^(C2)did more evil than their fathers.

'For as the undergarment clings to the waist of a man, so I made the entire household of Israel and the entire household of Judah ^(C1)cling to Me,' declares the LORD, 'so that they might be My people, for ^(F1)(C2)renown, for ^(C3)praise, and for glory; but they ^(C4)did not listen.'

"Yet they ^(C1)did not listen or incline their ears, but ^(C2)stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.

because they have ^(C1)not listened to My words,' declares the LORD, 'which I sent to them again and again by ^(C2)My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,' declares the LORD.

"Therefore this is what the LORD says, the God of armies, the God of Israel: 'Behold, ^(C1)I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I ^(C2)spoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.'"

"I will also ^(C1)punish him, his ^(F1)descendants, and his servants for their wrongdoing, and I will ^(C2)bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the people of Judah all the disaster that I have declared to them—but they did not listen."'"

and the LORD has brought it and done just as He promised. Because you people ^(C1)sinned against the LORD and did not listen to His voice, this thing has happened to you.

'But ^(C1)they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn ^(F1)sacrifices to other gods.