²⁴ But they did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. They went backward and not forward. ²⁵ Again and again I sent my servants the prophets to you. They came to you day after day. They prophesied from the time your people left Egypt until now. ²⁶ But your people of long ago did not listen. They refused to pay any attention to me. They were stubborn. They did more evil things than their people who lived before them.