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..