And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh (unto me), and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught (them);
Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth (month), in the fifth (day) of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth (month), the tenth (day) of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.
And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
(My) Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.