Jeremiah 44:16 - The Scriptures 2009 “We are not going to listen to you in the matter about which you spoke to us in the Name of יהוה! Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to or obey you. American Standard Version (1901) As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee. Common English Bible “We’re not going to listen to a word you have said to us in the LORD’s name! Catholic Public Domain Version "Concerning the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not heed you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: |
And Pharaoh said, “Who is יהוה, that I should obey His voice to let Yisra’ĕl go? I do not know יהוה, nor am I going to let Yisra’ĕl go.”
“Because I called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one inclined,
The look on their faces witnesses against them, and they declare their sin as Seḏom; they do not hide it. Woe to their being! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
“They have turned back to the crookednesses of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other mighty ones to serve them. The house of Yisra’ĕl and the house of Yehuḏah have broken My covenant I made with their fathers.”
But they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, and they did not do.’ ”
This evil people, who refuse to hear My Words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and walk after other mighty ones to serve them and to bow themselves to them, is like this girdle which is completely useless.
Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyahu, for the Torah shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not listen to any of his words.”
Then the heads said to the sovereign, “Please, let this man be put to death, because he is weakening the hands of the men of battle who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the peace of this people, but the evil.”
“But if you say, ‘We are not staying in this land,’ and so disobey the voice of יהוה your Elohim,
that Azaryah son of Hoshayah, and Yoḥanan son of Qarĕaḥ, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Yirmeyahu, “You are speaking a lie! יהוה our Elohim has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go to Mitsrayim to sojourn there.’
And Yirmeyahu said to all the people and to all the women, “Hear the word of יהוה, all Yehuḏah who are in the land of Mitsrayim!
“Thus spoke יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘You and your wives have spoken with your mouths, and have filled with your hands, saying, “We shall perform our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the sovereigness of the heavens and pour out drink offerings to her.” Then confirm your vows and perform your vows!’
Thus said יהוה, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves. But they said, ‘We do not walk in it.’
“Were they ashamed when they had done abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, nor did they know how to blush. So they shall fall among those who fall. They shall stumble in the time of their visitation,” said יהוה.
“I have listened and heard – they do not speak right. No man has repented of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ They all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing into battle.
“Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the zither, the lyre, the harp, the pipes, and all kinds of instruments, and you fall down and do obeisance to the image which I have made, good! But if you do not do obeisance, you are immediately thrown into the midst of a burning furnace of fire. And who is the elah who does deliver you from my hands?”
But his subjects were hating him, and sent a delegation after him, to say, ‘We do not wish this one to reign over us.’ ”
But those enemies of mine who did not wish me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’ ”
However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Shemu’ĕl, and said, “No, but let a sovereign be over us.