NET

7 Should you not have obeyed the words that the Lord cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the foothills were also populated?’”

Darby

7 Are not these the words that Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and her cities round about her, when the south^D6529 and the lowland^D6530 were inhabited?

Darby Bible Notes

south - Negeb (south). see Josh. 10.40. Shephelah (lowland). see Deut. 1.7. lowland - Negeb (south). see Josh. 10.40. Shephelah (lowland). see Deut. 1.7.

KJV

7 [Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when [men] inhabited the south and the plain?

KJV Bible Notes

Should ye not hear the words: Or, are not these the words. by the: Heb. by the hand of, etc..

Strong's

7 Should ye] ye not hear the words^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 hath cried^H7121 by^H3027 the former^H7223 prophets^H5030, when Jerusalem^H3389 was inhabited^H3427 and in prosperity^H7961, and the cities^H5892 thereof round about her^H5439, when men inhabited^H3427 the south^H5045 and the plain^H8219?