16 But they were continually making jest+ at the messengers of the [true] God and despising his words+ and mocking+ at his prophets, until the rage+ of Jehovah came up against his people, until there was no healing.+

13 And now for the reason that YOU kept doing all these works,’ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘and I kept speaking to YOU, getting up early and speaking,+ but YOU did not listen,+ and I kept calling YOU, but YOU did not answer,+

3 “From the thirteenth year of Jo·siʹah+ the son of Aʹmon, the king of Judah, and down to this day, these twenty-three years the word of Jehovah has occurred to me, and I kept speaking to YOU people, rising up early and speaking, but YOU did not listen.+

5 by listening to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I am sending to YOU, even rising up early and sending [them], whom YOU have not listened to,+

15 And I kept sending to YOU all my servants the prophets,+ rising up early and sending [them], saying, ‘Turn back, please, each one from his bad way,+ and make YOUR dealings good,+ and do not walk after other gods to serve them.+ And keep dwelling on the ground that I have given to YOU and to YOUR forefathers.’+ But YOU did not incline YOUR ear, nor did YOU listen to me.+

5 But they did not listen,+ nor did they incline their ear to turn back from their badness by not making sacrificial smoke to other gods.+