Jeremiah 17:23

And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

In Context

22Nor do ye take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Yea, any work ye do not do, And ye have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

24And it hath been, if ye certainly hearken unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, So as not to bring in a burden By the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do in it any work —

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Cross References

Psalms 50:17Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Proverbs 1:5(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Isaiah 48:4From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,

Jeremiah 6:8Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Jeremiah 7:26And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:20-27

Sabbath-Sanctification. ( b. c. 600.) 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord , ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22… Read the whole commentary →

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