Jeremiah 7:27

"You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

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In The King James Version

Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

In Context

26yet they did not listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers."

28You shall tell them, 'This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:9He said, "Go, and tell this people,'You hear indeed,but do not understand;and you see indeed,but do not perceive.'

Isaiah 65:12I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight."

Jeremiah 1:19They will fight against you; but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you," says the Lord, "to deliver you."

Ezekiel 2:4The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God.'

Ezekiel 3:7But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

Zechariah 7:13It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said the Lord of hosts;

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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