Jeremiah 7:25 (YLT)

Passage

Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:23 But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye--ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

Jeremiah 7:24 And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

Jeremiah 7:25 Even from the day when your fathers Went out of the land of Egypt till this day, I send to you all my servants the prophets, Daily rising early and sending,

Jeremiah 7:26 And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:27 And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And they have not hearkened nor inclined..." into verse 26's "And they have not hearkened unto Me...", so "even" 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 "even" and "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.