"So I gavethem overto the stubbornnessof their heart,To walkin their own devices.
Then the LORDsaid,"My Spiritshall not strivewith manforever,becausehe alsois flesh;nevertheless his daysshall be one hundredand twentyyears."
becausethey did not obeythe voiceof the LORDtheir God,but transgressedHis covenant,[even] allthat Mosesthe servantof the LORDcommanded;they would neitherlistennordo[it].
"But they, our fathers,actedarrogantly;They becamestubbornand would not listento Your commandments.
"Ifyour sonssinnedagainst Him, Then He deliveredthem into the powerof their transgression.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Pharaohwill not listento you, sothat My wonderswill be multipliedin the landof Egypt."
"Woeto the rebelliouschildren,"declaresthe LORD,"Who executea plan,but not Mine,And makean alliance,but not of My Spirit,In orderto addsinto sin;
For thisis a rebelliouspeople,false~sons,Sonswho refuseto listenTo the instructionof the LORD;
WhogaveJacobup for spoil,and Israelto plunderers?Was it not the LORD,against whomwe have sinned,And in whose waysthey were not willingto walk,And whose lawthey did not obey?
So I have toldyou today,but you have not obeyedthe LORDyour God,even in whateverHe has sentme to [tell] you.
"Yet they did not obeyor inclinetheir ear,but walkedin [their own] counsels[and] in the stubbornnessof their evilheart,and wentbackwardand not forward.
"But they rebelledagainst Me and were not willingto listento Me; they did not castawaythe detestablethingsof their eyes,nordid they forsakethe idolsof Egypt.Then I resolvedto pourout My wrathon them, to accomplishMy angeragainst them in the midstof the landof Egypt.
My Godwill castthem awayBecausethey have not listenedto Him; And they will be wanderersamong the nations.
But ifyou do not obeyMe and do not carryout allthesecommandments,
"In the generationsgoneby He permittedallthe nationsto gotheir own ways;
"But Godturned awayand deliveredthem up to servethe hostof heaven;as it is writtenin the bookof the prophets,IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFEREDVICTIMSAND SACRIFICESFORTYYEARSIN THE WILDERNESS,WAS IT, O HOUSEOF ISRAEL?
ThereforeGodgave them overin the lustsof their heartsto impurity,sothat their bodieswould be dishonoredamongthem.
Nevertheless, the peoplerefusedto listento the voiceof Samuel,and they said,"No,but there shall be a kingoverus,
