⁵ Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
    I killed you with the words of my mouth^(A)—
    then my judgments go forth like the sun.^[a](B)

¹² I wrote for them the many things of my law,
    but they regarded them as something foreign.^(A)

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.