Jeremiah 7:28

²⁶ Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

²⁷ 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.

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.

²⁹ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

³⁰ For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute 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
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
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Jeremiah 32:33
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
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Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Isaiah 1:4–5
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
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Zephaniah 3:2
She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
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Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
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Jeremiah 6:29–30
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
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Jeremiah 9:3–8
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
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