Jer 44:4 | NET2full | STEP | I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate .

‏ Jeremiah 44:4

4 I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again ^{▼▼tn See 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom and compare 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15 for similar references to the persistent warnings of the prophets.} warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. ^{▼▼tn Heb “sent…over again, saying, ‘Do not do this terrible thing that I hate.’” The indirect quote has been used to shorten the sentence and eliminate one level of embedded quotes.} ^{▼▼sn This refers to the worship of other gods mentioned in the previous verse.}