1. This is the message that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. It came in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah. This was the first year Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.
2. This is the message Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and Jerusalem:
3. The Lord has spoken his word to me again and again for these past 23 years. I have been a prophet since the thirteenth year of Josiah. Josiah was the son of Amon king of Judah. I have spoken messages from the Lord to you from that time until today. But you have not listened.
4. The Lord has sent his servants the prophets to you over and over again. But you have not listened to them. You have not paid any attention to them.