26. But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.”
27. ‘When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.
28. Therefore say to them, “This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
29. ‘ “Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.
30. ‘ “The people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my Name and have defiled it.