³⁰ For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight ^(A)from their youth. The children of Israel have done nothing but ^(B)provoke me to anger ^(C)by the work of their hands, declares the Lord.

²² For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them ^(A)concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. ²³ But this command I gave them: ^(B)‘Obey my voice, and ^(C)I will be your God, and you shall be my people. ^(D)And walk in all the way that I command you, ^(E)that it may be well with you.’ ^24 (F)But they did not obey or incline their ear, ^(G)but walked in their own counsels and ^(H)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and ^(I)went backward and not forward. ²⁵ From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, ^(J)I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day. ^26 (K)Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, ^(L)but stiffened their neck. ^(M)They did worse than their fathers.

^7 (A)Yet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, ^(B)that you might provoke me to anger ^(C)with the work of your hands to your own harm.

^25 (A)Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For ^(B)we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”