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The word that came to Jeremiahconcerningall the people of Judah, in the fourthyear of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the firstyear of Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon ),
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"From the thirteenth*year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to thisday, thesetwenty-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.
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saying, 'Turnnoweveryone from his evilway and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the landwhich the LORD has given to you and your forefathersforever* and ever;
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and do not goafterothergods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you noharm.'