Jeremiah 7:28
26 Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
27 When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
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.’
30 For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- WEB
- You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to the LORD their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’
- ASV
- And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- BLB
- And you shall say to them: ‘This [is] a nation that does not listen to the voice of YHWH their God, and it does not receive correction; the truth has perished and is cut off from their mouth.
- ÅB
- Og du skal si til dem: Dette er det folk som ikke har hørt på Herrens, sin Guds røst og ikke tatt imot tukt; redeligheten er gått til grunne og er utryddet av deres munn.
- OTB
- Derfor si til dem, 'Dette er nasjonen som ikke har adlydt Herrens, deres Guds, røst eller akseptert tukt. Sannheten har omkommet; den har forsvunnet fra deres lepper.
- B1930
- Og du skal si til dem: Dette er det folk som ikke har hørt på Herrens, sin Guds røst og ikke tatt imot tukt; redeligheten er gått til grunne og er utryddet av deres munn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:14–15
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
Read in contextProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:4–5
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Read in contextZephaniah 3:2
She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
Read in contextPsalms 50:17
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:29–30
The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:3–8
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
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