47. and he also did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken by Jeremy the prophet from the mouth of the Lord.
48. And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he forswore himself, and rebelled; and hardening his neck, and his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord, the God of Israel.
49. Moreover the governors of the people and of the priests did many things wickedly, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
50. And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he had compassion on them and on his dwelling place.
51. But they mocked his messengers; and in the day when the Lord spoke to them, they scoffed at his prophets: