Judah’s Idolatry Persists
Jeremiah 7:26
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
- KJV
- Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
- WEB
- Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.
- ASV
- yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
- LSV
- And they have not listened to Me, || Nor inclined their ear—and they harden their neck, || They have done evil above their fathers.
- YLT
- And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.
- DBY
- but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers.
- DRC
- And they have not hearkened to me: nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck, and have done worse than their fathers.
- GNV
- Yet would they not heare me nor encline their eare, but hardened their necke and did worse then their fathers.
- JPS
- yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.
- LXXE
- but they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed; and they made their neck harder than their fathers.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְל֤וֹא שָׁמְעוּ֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם הֵרֵ֖עוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσάν μου, καὶ οὐ προσέσχε τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐσκλήρυναν τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Condescension of GodHardenCovenant, the NewNeckImpenitenceJeremiah (2)BackslidersIdolatryIsrael, Prophecies concerning
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 16:12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
- Jeremiah 17:23Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
- Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
- Jeremiah 19:15“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their…
- Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
- Nehemiah 9:16–17But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments. They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed…
- Jeremiah 25:7‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
- Nehemiah 9:29You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their…
- Jeremiah 34:14Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Matthew 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
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