^{14 Ref} And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

^{15 Ref} And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.