⁷ And he called the name of the place ^(A)Massah^[a] and ^(B)Meribah,^[b] because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

¹¹ But ^(A)they refused to pay attention ^(B)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.^{[a] 12 (C)}They made their hearts diamond-hard ^(D)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^(E)by his Spirit through ^(F)the former prophets. ^(G)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.

²⁰ But ^(A)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^(B)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

^7 (A)But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel ^(B)have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. ^8 (C)Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. ⁹ Like ^(D)emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. ^(E)Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.”

^26 (A)Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, ^(B)but stiffened their neck. ^(C)They did worse than their fathers.

¹² Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from ^(A)the living God. ¹³ But ^(B)exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by ^(C)the deceitfulness of sin.