Jeremiah 25:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 25:4

2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

3 ^a“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the Lord has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, ^bbut you have not listened.

4 And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets, ^arising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.

5 They said, ^a‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

6 Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’

7 Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “that you might ^aprovoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

8 “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Because you have not heard My words,

9 behold, I will send and take ^aall the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ^bMy servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and ^cmake them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

10 Moreover I will take from them the ^avoice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, ^bthe sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy ^ayears.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 25:4

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, (but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,)

Amplified® Bible
Although the Lord persistently sent you all the prophets, His servants, yet you have not listened and obeyed or [even] inclined your ear to hear.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD has sent prophets to you time after time, but you refused to listen.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear,

Good News Bible
You would not listen or pay attention, even though the LORD has continued to send you his servants the prophets.

King James Version
And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

New American Standard Bible
"And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

New International Version
And though the LORD has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.

New King James Version
And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

Revised Standard Version
You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the LORD persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah hath sent unto you all His servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear, saying:

New English Translation
Over and over again¹ the Lord has sent² his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention.³

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