Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.