Jeremiah 7:27
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.
26 Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
28 Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
29 Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
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
- When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
- KJV
- Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
- WEB
- “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
- ASV
- And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken unto thee; and thou shalt call unto them, but they will not answer thee.
- BLB
- And you shall speak to them all these words, and they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, and they will not answer you.
- ÅB
- Og du skal tale til dem alle disse ord, men de skal ikke høre på deg, og du skal rope til dem, men de skal ikke svare deg.
- OTB
- "Så du skal tale alle disse ordene til dem, men de vil ikke lytte til deg; og du skal rope til dem, men de vil ikke svare.
- B1930
- Og du skal tale til dem alle disse ord, men de skal ikke høre på dig, og du skal rope til dem, men de skal ikke svare dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 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 26:2
“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
Read in contextJeremiah 1:7
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
Read in contextIsaiah 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 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 contextEzekiel 3:17–18
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
Read in contextIsaiah 6:9–10
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
Read in contextEzekiel 3:4–11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
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