Jeremiah 44:5
3 Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
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.
Compare
- BSB
- But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
- KJV
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
- WEB
- But they didn’t listen and didn’t incline their ear. They didn’t turn from their wickedness, to stop burning incense to other gods.
- ASV
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
- DARBY
- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
- BLB
- And they did not listen and they did not stretch out their ear to turn back from their evil, so as not to burn incense other to gods.
- ÅB
- Men de hørte ikke og la ikke øret til, så de vendte om fra sin ondskap og holdt opp med å brenne røkelse for andre guder.
- OTB
- Men dere lyttet ikke eller bøyde ørene for å vende dere fra deres ondskap, for å slutte å brenne ofre til andre guder.
- B1930
- Men de hørte ikke og la ikke øret til, så de vendte om fra sin ondskap og holdt op med å brenne røkelse for andre guder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Read in contextJeremiah 11:10
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:24
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Read in contextZechariah 7:11–12
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Read in contextPsalms 81:11–13
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Read in contextRevelation 2:21–22
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
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