Jeremiah 25:4

And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord addresses the people of Judah during the period spanning from the thirteenth year of King Josiah to the present day of Jeremiah’s ministry. The words — שָׁלַח (sha.Lach) literally means “he sent,” and הַשְׁכֵּם (hash.Kem) literally means “rising early,” which the text uses to describe the repeated dispatch of prophets. The thread — This pattern of repeated divine sending appears in Jeremiah 26:5 and 2 Chronicles 36:15, where God’s messengers are dispatched to warn His people. Why it lands — The text demands that readers recognize the failure to listen to repeated warnings as the direct cause of impending judgment, requiring immediate attention to the prophetic message.

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׁלַח֩ve./sha.Lachand/ he sent יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahweh אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם'a.lei./Khemto/ you אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-all עֲבָדָ֧יו'a.va.Da/vservants/ his הַנְּבִאִ֛יםha./ne.vi.'Imthe/ prophets הַשְׁכֵּ֥םhash.Kemrising early וְשָׁלֹ֖חַve./sha.Lo.achand/ sending וְלֹ֣אve./Lo'and/ not שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.Temyou listened וְלֹֽא־ve./lo'-and/ not הִטִּיתֶ֥םhi.ti.Temyou inclined אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>אָזְנְכֶ֖ם'a.ze.ne./Khemear/ your לִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃li/sh.Mo.a'to/ listen

King James Version

And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 25:3 “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
Jeremiah 26:5 and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
2 Chronicles 36:15 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
Jeremiah 7:24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
Jeremiah 11:7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
Jeremiah 13:10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Jeremiah 16:12 And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
Jeremiah 17:23 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
Jeremiah 18:12 But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
Jeremiah 19:15 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”