Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.