²⁹ You warned them in order to bring them back to your teachings,
but they became arrogant and would not obey your commandments.
They sinned by not following your regulations.
If anyone follows them, he will find life in them.
But they gave you the cold shoulder,
became impossible to deal with, and wouldn’t listen.

⁴ I know that you are stubborn.
Like iron, you are hardheaded.
Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull.