¹⁸ ‘Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol^[a] on your foreheads.^[b]

¹⁰ Next he said to me, ‘Son of man, listen carefully to all my words that I speak to you and take them to heart.

² If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart^(A) to honour my name,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings.^(B) In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.