norhave we obeyedthe voiceof the LORDour God,to walkin His teachingswhichHe setbeforeus throughHis servantsthe prophets.
becausethey did not obeythe voiceof the LORDtheir God,but transgressedHis covenant,[even] allthat Mosesthe servantof the LORDcommanded;they would neitherlistennordo[it].
"Then you are to sayto them, '[It is] becauseyour forefathershave forsakenMe,' declaresthe LORD,'and have followedothergodsand servedthem and boweddownto them; but Me they have forsakenand have not keptMy law.
They camein and tookpossessionof it, but they did not obeyYour voiceor walkin Your law;they have donenothingof allthat You commandedthem to do;therefore You have made allthiscalamitycomeupon them.
"Moreover, we have not listenedto Your servantsthe prophets,whospokein Your nameto our kings,our princes,our fathersand allthe peopleof the land.
God,after He spokelong agoto the fathersin the prophetsin many portionsand in many ways,
