Jeremiah 25:3-5

New Century Version

³ The Lord has spoken his word to me again and again for these past twenty-three years. I have been a prophet since the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah. I have spoken messages from the Lord to you from that time until today, but you have not listened.

⁴ The Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you over and over again, but you have not listened or paid any attention to them. ⁵ Those prophets have said, “Stop your evil ways. Stop doing what is wrong so you can stay in the land that the Lord gave to you and your ancestors to live in forever.