And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them.

And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.

Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them back unto the LORD; and they admonished them, but they would not give ear.

And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they (k) testified against them: but they would not give ear.
(k) They took heaven and earth and all creatures to witness that unless they returned to the Lord, he would most grievously punish their infidelity and rebellion, (Nehemiah 9:26).

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord,.... To reprove them for their sin, to warn them of their danger, to exhort them to their duty, and endeavour to restore them, and reduce them to the obedience and worship, of God; such was his clemency, goodness, and condescension to them, before he executed his wrath upon them:
and they testified against them; against their sins, and declared what would befall them, and called heaven and earth to witness for God and against them:
but they would not give ear: to their reproofs, admonitions, cautions, and exhortations, but went on in their own ways.

Yet he sent prophets--Elisha, Micah, Jehu son of Hanani, Jahaziel son of Zechariah (2-Chronicles 20:14), Eliezer son of Dodavah (2-Chronicles 20:37), lived and taught at that time. But all their prophetic warnings and denunciations were unheeded.