yet the houseof Israelwill not be willingto listento you, sincethey are not willingto listento Me. Surelythe wholehouseof Israelis stubbornand obstinate.
The expressionof their facesbearswitnessagainst them, And they displaytheir sinlike Sodom;They do not [even] conceal[it]. Woeto them! For they have broughtevilon themselves.
"BecauseI knowthat you are obstinate,And your neckis an ironsinewAnd your foreheadbronze,
"Therefore the showershave been withheld,And there has beennospringrain.Yet you hada harlot'sforehead;You refusedto be ashamed.
"As for the messagethat you have spokento us in the nameof the LORD,we are not going to listento you!
O LORD,do not Your eyes[look] for truth?You have smittenthem, [But] they did not weaken;You have consumedthem, But they refusedto takecorrection.They have madetheir facesharderthanrock;They have refusedto repent.
To whomshall I speakand givewarningThat they may hear?Behold,their earsare closedAnd they cannotlisten.Behold,the wordof the LORDhas becomea reproachto them; They havenodelightin it.
"And I setwatchmenoveryou, [saying], 'Listento the soundof the trumpet!'But they said,'We will not listen.'
"You shall speakallthesewordsto them, but they will not listento you; and you shall callto them, but they will not answeryou.
"I am sendingyou to them who are stubbornand obstinatechildren,and you shall sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD.'
"For her bloodis in her midst;She placedit on the barerock;She did not pourit on the groundTo coverit with dust.
norto manypeoplesof unintelligiblespeechor difficultlanguage,whosewordsyou cannotunderstand.But I have sentyou to them who should listento you;
"Behold,I have madeyour faceas hardas their facesand your foreheadas hardas their foreheads.
"But they refusedto payattentionand turneda stubbornshoulderand stoppedtheir earsfrom hearing.
"They madetheir hearts[like] flintsothat they could not hearthe lawand the wordswhichthe LORDof hostshad sentby His Spiritthroughthe formerprophets;therefore greatwrathcamefrom the LORDof hosts.
"The one who listensto you listensto Me, and the one who rejectsyou rejectsMe; and he who rejectsMe rejectsthe One who sentMe."
"O Jerusalem,Jerusalem,[the city] that killsthe prophetsand stonesthosesentto her! How oftenI wantedto gatheryour childrentogether,justas a hen[gathers] her broodunderher wings,and you wouldnot [have it]!
"But his citizenshatedhim and senta delegationafterhim, saying,'We do not wantthis manto reignoverus.'
The LORDsaidto Samuel,"Listento the voiceof the peoplein regard to allthat they sayto you, for they have not rejectedyou, but they have rejectedMe from beingkingoverthem.
