2 Chronicles 24:18-21

24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, ¹  and worshiped ²  the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. ³  They warned ⁴  the people, but they would not pay attention. 24:20 God’s Spirit energized ⁵  Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’” 24:21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 33:10

33:10 The Lord confronted ⁶  Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

2 Chronicles 33:2

33:2 He did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations ⁸  whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 17:13

17:13 He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 25:3-4

25:3 “For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah ¹⁰  until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again ¹¹  what he said. ¹²  But you would not listen. 25:4 Over and over again ¹³  the Lord has sent ¹⁴  his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. ¹⁵ 

Jeremiah 26:5

26:5 You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. ¹⁶  But you have not paid any attention to them.

Jeremiah 35:15

35:15 I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said, “Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. ¹⁷  Do not pay allegiance to other gods ¹⁸  and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.

Jeremiah 44:4-5

44:4 I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over ¹⁹  again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. ²⁰  44:5 But the people of Jerusalem and Judah ²¹  would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods. ²² 

[24:18]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[24:18]  ² tn Heb “served.”

[24:19]  ³ tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

[24:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “testified among.”

[24:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “clothed.”

[33:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “spoke to.”

[33:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[33:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”

[17:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “and many supplies were his in the cities of Judah, and men of war, warriors of skill in Jerusalem.”

[25:3]  ¹⁰ sn The year referred to would be 627 b.c. The same year is referred to in 1:2 in reference to his call to be a prophet.

[25:3]  ¹¹ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

[25:3]  ¹² tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[25:4]  ¹³ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

[25:4]  ¹⁴ tn The vav consecutive with the perfect in a past narrative is a little unusual. Here it is probably indicating repeated action in past time in keeping with the idiom that precedes and follows it. See GKC 332 §112.f for other possible examples.

[25:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “inclined your ear to hear.” This is idiomatic for “paying attention.” It is often parallel with “listen” as here or with “pay attention” (see, e.g., Prov 4:20; 51:1).

[26:5]  ¹⁶ tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for the idiom here.

[35:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Turn, each of you, from his [= your] wicked way and make good your deeds.” Compare 18:11 where the same idiom occurs with the added term of “make good your ways.”

[35:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Don’t go after/follow other gods.” See the translator’s note on 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom and see 11:10; 13:10; 25:6 for the same idiom.

[44:4]  ¹⁹ tn See 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom and compare 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15 for similar references to the persistent warnings of the prophets.

[44:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “sent…over again, saying, ‘Do not do this terrible thing that I hate.’” The indirect quote has been used to shorten the sentence and eliminate one level of embedded quotes.

[44:5]  ²¹ tn There appears to be a deliberate shift in the pronouns used in vv. 2-5. “You” refers to the people living in Egypt who are being addressed (v. 2) and to the people of present and past generations to whom the Lord persistently sent the prophets (v. 4). “They” refers to the people of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah who have suffered disaster (v. 2) because of the wickedness of sacrificing to other gods (vv. 3, 5). The referents have been explicitly identified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[44:5]  ²² tn Heb “They did not listen or incline their ear [= pay attention] by turning from their wickedness by not sacrificing to other gods.” The לְ (lamed) + the negative + the infinitive is again epexegetical. The sentence has been restructured and more idiomatic English expressions have been used to better conform with contemporary English style but an attempt has been made to retain the basic relationships of subordination.