Jeremiah 25:7

But you have not given ear to me, says the Lord; so that you have made me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

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In The King James Version

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

In Context

6Do not go after other gods to be their servants and to give them worship, and do not make me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

8So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:17And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

2 Chronicles 24:19And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.

Proverbs 8:36But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

Jeremiah 19:15The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

Jeremiah 29:19Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:7So now, the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one is still living;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 25:2-8

God's Remonstrances with the People. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come… Read the whole commentary →

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