"Today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse---

a blessing, if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today;

You will tell them whatever I tell you to say, whether they listen or not. Remember what rebels they are.

"Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you.

You know that I did not hold back anything that would be of help to you as I preached and taught in public and in your homes.

So I solemnly declare to you this very day: if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible.

For I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.

But they did not obey or pay any attention. Instead, they did whatever their stubborn and evil hearts told them to do, and they became worse instead of better.

Yet no one listened or paid any attention. Instead, you became more stubborn and rebellious than your ancestors.

Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.

"But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds

and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.