translation.en: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in 'their own' counsels 'and' in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
translation.me: And thei herden not, nether bowiden doun her eere, but thei yeden in her lustis, and in the schrewidnesse of her yuel herte; and thei ben put bihynde, and not bifore,