# General Information:

The words "you" and "your" in these verses refer to the people of Judah. "They" refers to the ancestors of the people of Judah.

# incline their ear

"listen carefully" or "pay attention"

# by their own stubborn plans of their wicked hearts

"according to their own plans because they were wicked and stubborn"

# they went backwards, not forward

"they went away from me instead of drawing closer to me" or "they got worse instead of better"