Jeremiah 7:13
11 Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
12 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
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,
14 therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
15 And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
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
- 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,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- Now, because you have done all these works,” says the LORD, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn’t hear; and I called you, but you didn’t answer;
- ASV
- And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
- DARBY
- And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;
- BLB
- And now, because you⁺ have done all these deeds, a declaration of YHWH, and I spoke to you⁺, rising up early and speaking, you would not hear; and I called to you⁺, and you⁺ have not answered.
- ÅB
- Og nå, fordi dere gjør alle disse gjerninger, sier Herren, og jeg talte til dere tidlig og sent, men dere hørte ikke, og jeg kalte på dere, men dere svarte ikke,
- OTB
- Og nå, fordi dere har gjort alle disse tingene," erklærer Herren, "og Jeg talte til dere, talte vedvarende, men dere lyttet ikke, og Jeg kalte dere, men dere svarte ikke,
- B1930
- Og nu, fordi I gjør alle disse gjerninger, sier Herren, og jeg talte til eder tidlig og sent, men I hørte ikke, og jeg kalte på eder, men I svarte ikke,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 65:12
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
Read in contextProverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:25
From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
Read in contextHosea 11:2
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
Read in contextZechariah 7:13
And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:3
“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
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