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23 but I did give them this command:[a] ‘Obey me and I’ll be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you so it will go well for you.’ 24 But they didn’t listen,[b] nor did they pay attention.[c] They pursued their own plans,[d] stubbornly following their own evil desires.[e] They went backward and not forward. 25 From the day your ancestors left the land of Egypt to this present time, I’ve sent all my servants, the prophets, to you, again and again.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:23 Lit. I commanded them this word
  2. Jeremiah 7:24 Or obey
  3. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. incline their ears
  4. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. They walked in plans
  5. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit. following the stubbornness of their evil hearts
  6. Jeremiah 7:25 Lit. daily getting up early and sending them

23 but I gave them this command:(A) Obey(B) me, and I will be your God and you will be my people.(C) Walk in obedience to all(D) I command you, that it may go well(E) with you. 24 But they did not listen(F) or pay attention;(G) instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts.(H) They went backward(I) and not forward. 25 From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again(J) I sent you my servants(K) the prophets.(L)

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