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.  ‡

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,