They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.

But whenever the judge was dead, they went back and did more evil than their fathers, going after other gods, to be their servants and their worshippers; giving up nothing of their sins and their hard-hearted ways.

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.