From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto [a]this day (that is the three and twentieth year) the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you [b]rising early and speaking, but ye would not hear.

And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the Prophets, rising early, and sending them, but ye would not hear, nor incline your ears, to obey.

They [c]said, Turn again now everyone from his evil way, and from the wickedness of your inventions, and ye shall dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you, and to your fathers forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:3 Which was the fifth year and the ninth month of Jehoiakim’s reign.
  2. Jeremiah 25:3 That is, I have spared no diligence or labor, Jer. 7:13.
  3. Jeremiah 25:5 He showeth that the Prophets, wholly with one consent did labor to pull the people from those vices, which then reigned, to wit, from idolatry, and the vain confidence of men: for under these two all others were contained, 2 Kings 17:13; Jer. 18:11 and 35:15; Jonah 3:8.

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