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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the ^(C1)fourth year of ^(C2)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the ^(C3)first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),

the word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the ^(C1)people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,

"From the ^(C1)thirteenth year of ^(C2)Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, ^(F1)these ^(C3)twenty-three years the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you ^(C4)again and again, but you have not listened.

"And the LORD has sent to you all His ^(C1)servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

saying, '^(C1)Turn now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers ^(C2)forever and ever;

and ^(C1)do not follow other gods to ^(F1)serve them and to ^(F2)worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, then I will do you no harm.'

"Yet you have not listened to Me," declares the LORD, "in order to ^(C1)provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm.