A Rebellious Nation

⁶ Return,^(A) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted^(B) against.

¹⁶ “We will not listen^(A) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!^{(B) 17} We will certainly do everything we said we would:^(C) We will burn incense^(D) to the Queen of Heaven^(E) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials^(F) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.^(G) At that time we had plenty of food^(H) and were well off and suffered no harm.^(I)

¹⁶ Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?^(A)