¹² Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

⁵ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

³ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

¹¹ But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

¹² Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.

⁴ Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

²³ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

²³ Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.