^2 (A)But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

¹² He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before ^(A)Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. ^13 (B)He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. ^(C)He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁴ All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lord that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ The Lord, the God of their fathers, ^(D)sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. ^16 (E)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^(F)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^(G)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

¹⁹ And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(A)according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰ For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

^(B)And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

⁸ Therefore ^(A)whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, ^(B)who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

²⁵ And you, O profane^{[a] (A)}wicked one, prince of Israel, ^(B)whose day has come, ^(C)the time of your final punishment,

⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet ^(A)Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because ^(B)he destroyed it.