Jeremiah 44:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you. More versionsKing 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: |
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”
Because I have called and you refused, have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,
The look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them, for they have brought evil on themselves.
They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors of old, who refused to heed my words; they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant that I made with their ancestors.
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of an evil will. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.
This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who stubbornly follow their own will and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death because he is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”
But if you continue to say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ thus disobeying the voice of the Lord your God
Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to settle there,’
Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who are in the land of Egypt,
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have accomplished in deeds what you declared in words, saying, ‘We are determined to perform the vows that we have made, to make offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her.’ By all means, keep your vows and make your libations!
Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, “We will not walk in it.”
They acted shamefully; they committed abomination, yet they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.
I have given heed and listened, but they do not speak honestly; no one repents of wickedness, saying, “What have I done!” All of them turn to their own course like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, you should fall down and worship the statue that I have made. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire, and who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”
But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! We are determined to have a king over us,