^{24 Ref} And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

^{25 Ref} Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,

^{26 Ref} And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

^{27 Ref} And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.