“Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.”
The charge that those in Jerusalem did not listen to the words of God's prophets repeatedly sent to them establishes their guilt and justifies the severity of judgment pronounced against them. The repetition of sending prophets suggests a consistent pattern of rejected opportunity for repentance, making judgment the inevitable consequence of hardened disobedience. This verse introduces accountability as the basis for judgment, asserting that those judged had received adequate warning through multiple prophetic voices.
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