²⁹ And ^[a]testified against them,
That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted ^[b]proudly,
And did not heed Your commandments,
But sinned against Your judgments,
^(A)‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’
And they shrugged their shoulders,
^[c]Stiffened their necks,
And would not hear.

³⁰ Yet for many years You had patience with them,
And ^[a]testified ^(A)against them by Your Spirit ^(B)in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen;
^(C)Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.