Jeremiah 35:14

¹² Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

¹³ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

¹⁵ I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

¹⁶ Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
KJV: The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.
WEB: “The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father’s commandment; but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking, and you have not listened to me.
ASV: The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father`s commandment: but I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.
DARBY: The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they have drunk none, for they have obeyed their father's commandment. But I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened unto me.
BLB: The words of Jonadab son of Rechab that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, have been performed. And they have not drunk until this day, [and] indeed they have heard the command of their father. And I have spoken to you⁺, rising early and speaking, and you⁺ have not listened to Me.

ÅB: Jonadabs, Rekabs sønns bud er blitt holdt, de som han gav sine barn, at de ikke skulle drikke vin, og like til denne dag har de ikke drukket vin, men lydt sin fars bud. Og jeg har talt til dere tidlig og sent, men dere har ikke adlydt meg.
OTB: ‘Jonadab, sønn av Rekab, bød sine etterkommere å ikke drikke vin, og de har holdt dette. Til denne dag drikker de ikke vin, fordi de adlyder sin stamfars bud. Men jeg har talt til dere vedvarende, men dere har ikke lyttet til meg.
B1930: Jonadabs, Rekabs sønns bud er blitt holdt, de som han gav sine barn, at de ikke skulde drikke vin, og like til denne dag har de ikke drukket vin, men lydt sin fars bud. Og jeg har talt til eder tidlig og sent, men I har ikke adlydt mig.

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Jeremiah 25:3–4
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
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Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
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Isaiah 30:9
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
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Jeremiah 11:7
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
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Jeremiah 7:24–26
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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Proverbs 1:20–33
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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Jeremiah 32:33
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.
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