Jeremiah 22:21

While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. ¹  But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. ²  Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

De 9:7,24; De 31:27; De 32:15-20; Jud 2:11-19; 2Ch 33:10; 2Ch 36:16,17; Ne 9:16-37; Ps 106:6-48; Pr 30:9; Isa 48:8; Jer 2:31; Jer 3:25; Jer 6:16; Jer 7:22-28; Jer 32:30; Jer 35:15; Jer 36:21-26; Eze 20:8,13,21,28; Eze 23:3-39

¹ tn Heb “I spoke to you in your security.” The reference is to the sending of the prophets. Compare this context with the context of 7:25. For the nuance “security” for this noun (שַׁלְוָה, shalvah) rather than “prosperity” as many translate see Pss 122:7; 30:6 and the related adjective (שָׁלֵו, shalev) in Jer 49:31; Job 16:2; 21:23.

² tn Heb “from your youth.” Compare the usage in 2:2; 3:24 and compare a similar idea in 7:25.