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Jeremiah 32:33

ObedienceGod's word

31 For this city has aroused My wrath and fury from the day it was built until now. Therefore I will remove it from My presence

32 because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

34 They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

35 They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
KJV
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
WEB
They have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. Although I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
ASV
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
DARBY
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face; and though I taught them, rising early and teaching, they hearkened not to receive instruction.
BLB
And they have turned to Me the neck and not the face, though I taught them, rising up early and teaching, and they have not listened to receive instruction.
ÅB
De vendte ryggen og ikke ansiktet til meg; og jeg lærte dem tidlig og sent, men de hørte ikke på meg og tok ikke imot tukt.
OTB
De har vendt ryggen til Meg og ikke ansiktet; selv om Jeg lærte dem igjen og igjen, ville de ikke lytte eller svare på tukt.
B1930
De vendte ryggen og ikke ansiktet til mig; og jeg lærte dem tidlig og sent, men de hørte ikke på mig og tok ikke imot tukt.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 7:13

    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

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  • Ezekiel 8:16

    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

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  • Jeremiah 2:27

    say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’

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  • Jeremiah 7:24

    Yet 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.

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  • John 8:2

    Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:15–16

    Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.

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  • Jeremiah 26:5

    and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,

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  • Jeremiah 35:15

    Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

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