“Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘For the past twenty-three years – from the the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, son on Amon, king of Judah, until now- the Lord has ben giving me His messages. I have faithfully passed them on to you , but you have. not listened.'”
“Again and again the Lord has sent you His servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention. Each time the message was this: ‘Turn from the evil road you are traveling and from the evil things you are doing. Only then will I let you live in this land that the Lord gave to you and your ancestors forever. Do not provoke My anger by worshiping idols you made with your own hands. Then I will not harm you.'” (vv. 2-6, NLT)