However, ¹  because ²  I called but you refused to listen, ³  because ⁴  I stretched out my hand ⁵  but no one paid attention,

For ¹  I did not obey my teachers ²  and I did not heed ³  my instructors. ⁴ 

The one who refuses correction despises himself, ¹  but whoever hears ²  reproof acquires understanding. ³ 

The one who deals wisely ¹  in a matter ²  will find success, ³  and blessed ⁴  is the one who trusts in the Lord. ⁵ 

A servant ¹  cannot be corrected ²  by words, for although ³  he understands, there is no answer. ⁴ 

It is better for a person to receive ¹  a rebuke from those who are wise ²  than to listen to the song ³  of fools.

But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,’” ¹  says the Lord.

Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you ¹  will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’” ² 

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then ¹  you will acknowledge ²  the Lord.” ³ 

“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, ¹  do good to those who hate you,

For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak.

However, if you continually bite and devour one another, ¹  beware that you are not consumed ²  by one another.

And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

And if ¹  they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, ²  then take ³  some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground.” ⁴ 

He said, “If you will diligently obey ¹  the Lord your God, and do what is right ²  in his sight, and pay attention ³  to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all ⁴  the diseases ⁵  that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.” ⁶ 

But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord’s servant gave you. Love ¹  the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, ²  obey ³  his commands, be loyal to him, ⁴  and serve him with all your heart and being!” ⁵ 

Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, ¹  provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.’ ² 

“Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the Lord.