Jehoiakim Rebels Against Nebuchadnezzar

24 ^(A)In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

Seventy Years of Captivity

25 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the ^(A)fourth year of ^(B)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the ^(C)first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), ² which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the ^(D)people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ³ “From the ^(E)thirteenth year of ^(F)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, ^[a]these ^(G)twenty-three years the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, ^[b](H)rising up early and speaking, but you have not listened. ⁴ And Yahweh has sent to you all His ^(I)slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear, ⁵ saying, ‘^(J)Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the ground which Yahweh has given to you and your fathers ^(K)forever and ever; ⁶ and ^(L)do not walk after other gods to ^[c]serve them and to ^[d]worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will bring no evil against you.’ ⁷ Yet you have not listened to Me,” declares Yahweh, “in order that you might ^(M)provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own evil demise.

⁸ “Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Because you have not listened to My words, ⁹ behold, I will ^(N)send and take all the families of the north,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(O)My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will ^[e]devote them to destruction and ^(P)make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting waste place.