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

⁵ and to heed the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently—though you have not heeded^(A)—

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

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

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