Jeremiah 7:25 (ASV)

Passage

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in [their own] counsels [and] in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

Jeremiah 7:26 yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:27 And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "since", "fathers", "came", "forth", "land", "egypt", "sent", and "servants". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "since" and "fathers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "But they hearkened not nor inclined their..." into verse 26's "yet they hearkened not unto me nor...", so "since" and "fathers" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "since" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.