24. But they didn’t listen or pay attention. They followed their willful and evil hearts and went backward rather than forward.
25. From the moment your ancestors left the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent you all my servants the prophets—day after day.
26. But they didn’t listen to me or pay attention; they were stubborn and did more harm than their ancestors.
27. When you tell them all this, they won’t listen to you. When you call to them, they won’t respond.
28. Therefore, say to them: This nation neither obeys the Lord its God nor accepts correction; truth has disappeared; it has vanished from their lips.
29. Cut off your hair and cast it away;grieve on the well-traveled paths.The Lord has rejected youand has cast off a generation that provokes his anger.
30. The people of Judah have done what displeases me, declares the Lord. They have corrupted the temple that bears my name by setting up their disgusting idols.