3. Since the thirteenth year of Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day—that is, twenty-three years—the word of the Lord has come to me and I spoke to you untiringly, but you would not listen.
4. The Lord kept sending you all his servants the prophets, but you refused to listen or pay attention
5. to this message: Turn back, each of you, from your evil way and from your evil deeds; then you shall remain in the land which the Lord gave you and your ancestors, from of old and forever.
6. Do not follow other gods to serve and bow down to them; do not provoke me with the works of your hands, or I will bring evil upon you.
7. But you would not listen to me—oracle of the Lord—and so you provoked me with the works of your hands to your own harm.