¹⁵And the Lord God of their fathers ^tsent to them ^†by his messengers, rising up ^||betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: ¹⁶But they ^umocked the messengers of God, and ^xdespised his words, and ^ymisused his prophets, until ^zthe wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no ^†remedy.

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tch. 24:19. Neh. 9:30.
†Heb. by the hand of his messengers. See 1 Kin. 16:12.
||That is, continually and carefully. Jer. 7:13, 25. & 25:3, 4. & 26:5. & 29:19. & 35:15. & 44:4. So Jer. 11:7. & 32:33.
uSo ch. 30:10.
xSee Num. 15:31.
ySo Ge. 27:12 (Heb.). Comp. Jer. 32:3. & 38:6. Matt. 23:34–37.
zSo Ezra 5:12.
†Heb. healing. Prov. 6:15. & 29:1.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the Lord, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again, for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Lord, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple. But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, had repeatedly and persistently sent to them by the hand of his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy.