16 But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,(A) despising His words,(B) and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.(C)

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16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again,[a] saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate. But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:4 Lit prophets, rising up early and sending

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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