Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they hearkened not unto me, Neither inclined their ear,—But stiffened their neck, They did more wickedly than their fathers.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

25Ever since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt, until this day, Have I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, Daily, betimes, sending them;

27Therefore shalt thou speak unto them all these words, Though they do not hearken unto thee,—And thou shalt cry aloud unto them Though they do not answer thee;—

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:20like the nations which, Yahweh, is causing to perish from before you, so, shall ye perish, because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God.

1 Kings 14:22And Judah did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—and provoked him to jealousy, above all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they committed.

2 Kings 17:15but rejected his statutes, and his covenant, which he solemnised with their fathers, and his testimonies wherewith he testified against them,—and followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were round about them, as to whom Yahweh charged them, so that they should not do like them.

2 Chronicles 33:10And Yahweh spake unto Manasseh and unto his people, but they did not give ear.

Nehemiah 9:16But, they and our fathers, dealt proudly,—and hardened their neck, and hearkened not unto thy commandments;

Nehemiah 9:29and didst testify against them, to bring them back unto thy law, yet, they, dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, and, against thy regulations, they sinned, the which—if any son of earth shall do—then shall he live by them,—and yielded a rebellious shoulder, and, their neck, they stiffened, and hearkened not.

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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