⁵ They said, “Turn^(A) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land^(B) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.

⁴ Do not be like your ancestors,^(A) to whom the earlier prophets^(B) proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways^(C) and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me,^(D) declares the Lord.^(E)