Jeremiah 26:4

And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,

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In The King James Version

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

In Context

3It may be that they will give ear, and that every man will be turned from his evil way, so that my purpose of sending evil on them because of the evil of their doings may be changed.

5And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

Deuteronomy 11:32And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

Deuteronomy 29:18So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

Deuteronomy 31:20For when I have taken them into the land named in my oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have made themselves full of food and are fat, then they will be turned to other gods and will give them worship, no longer honouring me or keeping my agreement.

Joshua 23:15And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land which the Lord your God has given you.

2 Chronicles 7:19But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 26:2-7

Jeremiah's Solemn Address. ( b. c. 608.) 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord , saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Stand in the court of the Lord 's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the Lord 's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them… Read the whole commentary →

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