Jeremiah 17:23

But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

22And do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

24And it shall come to pass: if you will hearken to me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burdens by the gates of this city on the sabbath day: and if you will sanctify the sabbath day, to do no work therein:

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Cross References

Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

Proverbs 1:5A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.

Isaiah 48:4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.

Jeremiah 6:8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.

Jeremiah 7:26And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done 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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