²⁹ And ^[a]testified against them,
That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted ^[b]proudly,
And did not heed Your commandments,
But sinned against Your judgments,
^(A)‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’
And they shrugged their shoulders,
^[c]Stiffened their necks,
And would not hear.

⁴ Because I knew that you were ^[a]obstinate,
And ^(A)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,