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,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to the people of Judah, delivering a conditional warning immediately after commanding him to publicly proclaim the demand to walk in His law.

The words — The verse centers on שֹׁלֵ֣חַ (sho.Le.ach), meaning "[have been] sending," and לִ/שְׁמֹ֗עַ (li/sh.Mo.a'), meaning "to listen," establishing the prophetic commission and the required human response.

The thread — The passage links to Jeremiah 11:7, which records God repeatedly warning Israel from the Exodus onward; 2 Kings 9:7, which references avenging slain prophets; and Ezra 9:11, which cites laws delivered through those same prophets.

Why it lands — The text demands immediate attention to prophetic messages before outlining the national consequences of continued disobedience.

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The Hebrew words

לִשְׁמֹ֗עַli/sh.Mo.a'to/ listen עַל־'al-to דִּבְרֵ֨יdiv.Rei[the] words of עֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.Da/iservants/ my הַנְּבִאִ֔יםha./ne.vi.'Imthe/ prophets אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhom אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiI שֹׁלֵ֣חַsho.Le.ach[have been] sending אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם'a.lei./Khemto/ you וְהַשְׁכֵּ֥םve./hash.Kemand/ rising early וְשָׁלֹ֖חַve./sha.Lo.achand/ sending וְלֹ֥אve./Lo'and/ not שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃she.ma'.Temyou have listened

King James Version

To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

Cross-references

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.’
2 Kings 9:7 And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
Ezra 9:11 that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
Jeremiah 7:25 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
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.
Ezekiel 38:17 This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?
Daniel 9:6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
Zechariah 1:6 But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”