Prophetic Warning Disregarded by the People

25 The message which came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon – 2 the message he delivered to all the people of Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem:

3 For twenty-three years – from the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, up to this day – the message of Jehovah has been coming to me, and I have declared it to you early and late, but you 4 have not listened. And early and late Jehovah has been sending to you all His servants the prophets, through you have not listened nor inclined an attentive ear. 5 My message was this: "If you abandon, every man of you, your wicked ways and your evil behaviour, then you shall dwell for ever in the land which Jehovah, gave in the ancient time to you and your forefathers. 6 But do not indulge in the worship or service of other gods, and do not provoke Jehovah with the fabrications of your own hands: this can only injure yourselves." 7 But you have not listened to me.