²⁵ Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’^(A)

¹³ “‘When I called, they did not listen;^(A) so when they called, I would not listen,’^(B) says the Lord Almighty.^(C)

¹⁸ Therefore I will deal with them in anger;^(A) I will not look on them with pity^(B) or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen^(C) to them.”

¹² Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry;^(A) though they offer burnt offerings^(B) and grain offerings,^(C) I will not accept^(D) them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword,^(E) famine^(F) and plague.”^(G)