³ “For twenty-three years, ^(A)from the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken ^(B)persistently to you, ^(C)but you have not listened.

^5 (A)and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you ^(B)urgently, ^(C)though you have not listened,

⁷ For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, ^(A)warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, ^(B)Obey my voice.

² to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of ^(A)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in ^(B)the thirteenth year of his reign.

¹³ And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and ^(A)when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and ^(B)when I called you, you did not answer,