Jeremiah 7:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

You shall say to them: This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

Cross References

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Psalm 50:17

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Isaiah 30:9

For they are a rebellious people, faithless children, children who will not hear the instruction of the Lord;

Jeremiah 11:10

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.

Jeremiah 17:23

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear; they stiffened their necks and would not hear or receive instruction.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have struck down your children; they accepted no correction. Your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 32:33

They have turned their backs to me, not their faces; though I have taught them persistently, they would not listen and accept correction.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 6:17

Also I raised up sentinels for you: “Give heed to the sound of the trumpet!” But they said, “We will not give heed.”

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Jeremiah 6:8

Take warning, O Jerusalem, or I shall turn from you in disgust and make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel, for the Lord has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty and no knowledge of God in the land.

Zephaniah 3:2

It has listened to no voice; it has accepted no correction. It has not trusted in the Lord; it has not drawn near to its God.

Zephaniah 3:7

I said, “Surely the city will fear me; it will accept correction; it will not lose sight of all that I have brought upon it.” But they were the more eager to make all their deeds corrupt.