Jeremiah 26:4

You shall tell them, “The LORD says: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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 they will listen, and every man turn from his evil way, that I may relent from the evil which I intend to do to them because of the evil of their doings.’”

5to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them—but you have not listened—

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:8What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?

Deuteronomy 11:32You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you today.

Deuteronomy 29:18lest there should be amongst you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be amongst you a root that produces bitter poison;

Deuteronomy 31:20For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

Joshua 23:15It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which the LORD your God spoke to you, so the LORD will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you,

2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

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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