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Jeremiah 37:2

Jeremiah
God's wordObedience

1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

3 Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

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BSB
But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
KJV
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
WEB
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the LORD’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
ASV
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
DARBY
And neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah.
BLB
And he did not listen—he and his servants and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
ÅB
Men han og hans tjenere og landets folk hørte ikke på Herrens ord, som han talte ved profeten Jeremias.
OTB
Men verken han, hans embetsmenn eller folket i landet lyttet til Herrens ord talt gjennom profeten Jeremia.
B1930
Men han og hans tjenere og landets folk hørte ikke på Herrens ord, som han talte ved profeten Jeremias.

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