Jeremiah 25:4

25:4 Over and over again ¹  the Lord has sent ²  his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. ³ 

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. ⁴  But you have not paid any attention to them.

Jeremiah 35:13

35:13 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ⁵  told him, “Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, ⁶  ‘I, the Lord, say: ⁷  “You must learn a lesson from this ⁸  about obeying what I say! ⁹ 

[25:4]  ¹ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

[25:4]  ² 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]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for the idiom here.

[35:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” For this title see 7:3 and the study note on 2:19.

[35:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “35:12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of armies the God of Israel, “Go and say…‘Will you not learn…’”’” The use of the indirect introduction has been chosen here as in 34:1-2 to try to cut down on the confusion created by embedding quotations within quotations.

[35:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[35:13]  ¹⁰ tn The words “from this” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They have been supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[35:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Will you not learn a lesson…?” The rhetorical question here has the force of an imperative, made explicit in the translation.