Jeremiah 7:26

And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

In Context

25From the day that their fathers came out of the land of Egypt, even to this day. And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets from day to day, rising up early and sending.

27And thou shalt speak to them all these words, but they will not hearken to thee: and thou shalt call them, but they will not answer thee.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:20As the nations, which the Lord destroyed at thy entrance, so shall you also perish, if you be disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God.

1 Kings 14:22And Juda did evil in the sight of the Lord, and provoked him above all that their fathers had done, in their sins which they committed.

2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his ordinances and the covenant that he made with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified against them: and they followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did.

2 Chronicles 33:10And the Lord spoke to him, and to his people, and they would not hearken.

Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.

Nehemiah 9:29And thou didst admonish them to re turn to thy law. But they dealt proudly, and hearkened not to thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them: and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:22-29

Obedience Better than Sacrifice. ( b. c. 606.) 21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. 24 But… Read the whole commentary →

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