Jeremiah 7:26

But you, my people, have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors did.”

Translation for Translators

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 your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you.

27Then Yahweh said to me, “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:20If you do not obey Yahweh our God, he will certainly destroy you just like he will destroy the people-groups that you will fight against.”

1 Kings 14:22The people of Judah did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. They caused him to become angry because they committed more sins than their ancestors had committed: They worshiped many other gods instead of worshiping only Yahweh.

2 Kings 17:15They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.

2 Chronicles 33:10Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention.

Nehemiah 9:16“But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn [IDM], and they did not do what you commanded them to do.

Nehemiah 9:29“You warned them that they should again obey your laws, but they became proud and stubborn, and they disobeyed your commands. They sinned by disobeying what you commanded them to do, the things that would enable them to live a good long life if they obeyed them. They stubbornly refused [IDM] to listen to you and continued sinning.

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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