⁵ Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

⁶ There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

¹¹ But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

²⁵ See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

⁹ Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

¹⁰ And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

¹¹ And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

¹² So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

⁷ My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.

²⁷ As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

³ O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

²⁰ As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

¹⁰ Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

²⁰ But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

²⁵ But what you have, keep safe till I come.

²¹ Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

¹⁶ For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.

¹¹ And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.

¹² Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

¹³ Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

¹⁴ Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;

³² Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.

¹³ Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.

⁴⁰ And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

²⁴ But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

²⁵ From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:

²⁶ But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.