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Yet I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again,[a] saying, “Don’t do this repulsive thing that I hate.” ‘But they didn’t listen or pay attention[b] by turning from their wickedness and not offering sacrifices to other gods. My wrath and my anger were poured out, and they burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem so that they have become a ruin and a desolate place, as is the case today.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:4 Lit. getting up early and sending
  2. Jeremiah 44:5 Lit. turn their ears

Again and again(A) I sent my servants the prophets,(B) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable(C) thing that I hate!’ But they did not listen or pay attention;(D) they did not turn from their wickedness(E) or stop burning incense(F) to other gods.(G) Therefore, my fierce anger was poured out;(H) it raged against the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem and made them the desolate ruins(I) they are today.

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