Jeremiah 29:19

Because they hearkened not unto my words Declareth Yahweh,—which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, betimes, sending them yet hearkened they not Declareth Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

In Context

18Therefore will I pursue them with sword with famine and with pestilence,—And will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth A curse and an astonishment and a hissing and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

20Ye, therefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

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Cross References

Jeremiah 7:13Now, therefore—Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh,—And though I spake unto you betimes speaking, Yet ye hearkened not, And though I cried unto you Yet ye answered not,

Jeremiah 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah even until this day, the which is the twenty-third year, hath the word of Yahweh come unto me; and I have spoken unto you, betimes, speaking, yet have ye not hearkened.

Jeremiah 25:7Howbeit ye hearkened not unto me, Declareth Yahweh,—that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands unto your own hurt.

Jeremiah 26:5To hearken unto the words of my servants the prophets, whom I am sending unto you, even, betimes, sending, though ye have not hearkened,

Jeremiah 34:17Therefore—Thus, saith Yahweh, Ye, have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every man to his brother and every man to his neighbour: Behold me! proclaiming, to you, a liberty: Declareth Yahweh unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, so will I make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth;

Jeremiah 44:3because of their wickedness which they committed, provoking me to anger, by going to burn incense, to serve other gods, whom they had not known, they, ye nor your fathers;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:16-24

The Doom of the False Prophets. ( b. c. 596.) 15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will… Read the whole commentary →

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