⁷ always learning and never able to ^(A)arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

⁷ For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, ^(A)warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, ^(B)Obey my voice.

³ “For twenty-three years, ^(A)from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken ^(B)persistently to you, ^(C)but you have not listened. ^4 (D)You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord ^(E)persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, ⁵ saying, ^(F)‘Turn now, every one of you, ^(G)from his evil way and evil deeds, and ^(H)dwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. ^6 (I)Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, ^(J)or provoke me to anger ^(K)with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ^7 (L)Yet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, ^(M)that you might provoke me to anger ^(N)with the work of your hands to your own harm.