Jeremiah 17:23

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

In Context

22Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do ye any work. But hallow ye the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken to me, says LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it,

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Cross References

Psalms 50:17since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?

Proverbs 1:5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou are obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,

Jeremiah 6:8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee, lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Jeremiah 7:26Yet they hearkened not to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:20-27

Sabbath-Sanctification. ( b. c. 600.) 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord , ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22… Read the whole commentary →

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