⁴Again and again^f I sent my servants the prophets,^g who said, ‘Do not do this detestable^h thing that I hate!’ ⁵But they did not listen or pay attention;ⁱ they did not turn from their wickedness^j or stop burning incense^k to other gods.^l

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Cross references

fSee Jer 7:13
gSee Nu 11:29
hSee Dt 18:9; See 1 Ki 14:24; 1 Pe 4:3
iSee Jer 25:4; Da 9:6
jSee Ge 6:5; Ro 1:18; 2 Ti 2:19
kver 21; Jer 1:16; Eze 8:11; 16:18; 23:41
l Jer 11:8–10; See 25:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again, saying, ‘Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.’ But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don’t do these horrible things that I hate so much.’ But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept on burning incense to these gods.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending over and over again, saying, “Please, you must not do this detestable thing that I hate.” But they did not listen and they did not incline their ears to turn back from their wickedness, to not make smoke offerings to other gods.

KJV 1900King James Version

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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