Jeremiah 17:23

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But made their necks stiff, and refused to hear, And refused to receive instruction.

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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

22Bear no burden from your houses on the sabbath-day, And do no kind of work; But keep ye holy the sabbath-day, As I commanded your fathers.

24If ye will now diligently hearken to me, saith Jehovah, And bring no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, But keep holy the sabbath-day, Doing no work therein,

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Cross References

Psalms 50:17Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!

Proverbs 1:5Let the wise man hear, and he will increase his knowledge, And the man of understanding will gain wise counsels;

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

Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, And that thy neck is a bar of iron, And that thy brow is brass,

Jeremiah 6:8Receive correction, O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, A land not inhabited!

Jeremiah 7:26But they have not hearkened to me, Nor have they inclined their ear; But they have hardened their neck, And acted more wickedly 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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