Jer 6:16-17, 13:16-18, 17:19-23, 25:3-7, 35:15, 36:2-10, 44:4-5 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord : Stand by the roads , and look , and ask for the ancient paths , where the good way is ; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls . But they said , We will not walk in it.

16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for ^athe ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
^band find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 ^cI set watchmen over you, saying,
‘Pay attention to ^dthe sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ^e‘We will not pay attention.’

Jeremiah 13:16-18

16 ^fGive glory to the Lord your God
^gbefore he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and ^hwhile you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it ⁱdeep darkness.
17 But if you will not listen,
^jmy soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
18 Say to ^kthe king and ^lthe queen mother:
“Take a lowly seat,
for ^myour beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 17:19-23

Keep the Sabbath Holy

19 Thus said the Lord to me: “Go and stand in the People’s Gate, by which ⁿthe kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem, 20 and say: ‘Hear the word of the Lord, ^oyou kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. 21 Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and ^pdo not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. 22 And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath ^qor do any work, but ^rkeep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. 23 Yet ^sthey did not listen or incline their ear, ^tbut stiffened their neck, that they ^umight not hear and receive instruction.

Jeremiah 25:3-7

3 “For twenty-three years, ^vfrom the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken ^wpersistently to you, ^xbut you have not listened. 4 ^yYou have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord ^zpersistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, 5 saying, ^aa‘Turn now, every one of you, ^abfrom his evil way and evil deeds, and ^acdwell upon the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers from of old and forever. 6 ^adDo not go after other gods to serve and worship them, ^aeor provoke me to anger ^afwith the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ 7 ^agYet you have not listened to me, declares the Lord, ^ahthat you might provoke me to anger ^aiwith the work of your hands to your own harm.

Jeremiah 35:15

15 I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them ^ajpersistently, saying, ^ak‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and ^aldo not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ ^amBut you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

Jeremiah 36:2-10

2 “Take ^ana scroll and ^aowrite on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and ^apJudah ^aqand all the nations, ^arfrom the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today. 3 ^asIt may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, ^atso that every one may turn from his evil way, and ^authat I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

4 Then Jeremiah called ^avBaruch the son of Neriah, and ^awBaruch wrote on ^axa scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord that he had spoken to him. 5 And Jeremiah ordered ^ayBaruch, saying, ^az“I am banned from going to the house of the Lord, 6 so you are to go, and ^baon a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the Lord’s house you shall read the words of the Lord from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities. 7 ^bbIt may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, ^bcand that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.” 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.

9 ^bdIn the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, ^bein the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem ^bfproclaimed a fast before the Lord. 10 Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in ^bgthe chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.

Jeremiah 44:4-5

4 ^bhYet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 ^biBut they did not listen ^bjor incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.