who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky? ’
Jeremiah 32:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, , they do not listen and receive discipline. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces; though I taught them persistently, yet they would not listen and receive instruction. American Standard Version (1901) And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. Common English Bible They turned their backs to me and not their faces; and though I taught them over and over, they wouldn’t accept my correction. Catholic Public Domain Version And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces. And though I taught them and instructed them, rising at first light, they were not willing to listen, so that they would receive discipline. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they have turned their backs to me, and not their faces, when I taught them early in the morning and instructed them: and they would not hearken to receive instruction. |
who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky? ’
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them my back and not my face on the day of their calamity.
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to me and not their face, yet in their time of disaster they beg, ‘Rise up and save us! ’
and by listening to the words of my servants the prophets #– #whom I have been sending to you time and time again, , though you did not listen #– #
‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Go, say to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, “Will you not accept discipline by listening to my words? #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
Time and time again I have sent you all my servants the prophets, proclaiming, ‘Turn, each one from his evil way, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.’ But you did not pay attention or obey me.
So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again, , saying, “Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.”
Now, because you have done all these things #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,
Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention, but followed their own advice and their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backwards and not forwards.
Therefore, declare to them, “This is the nation that would not listen to the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished #– #it has disappeared from their mouths.
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.’
So he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house, and there were about twenty-five men at the entrance of the Lord’s temple, between the portico and the altar, with their backs to the Lord’s temple and their faces turned to the east. They were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
Israel called to the Egyptians even as Israel was leaving them. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.
At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach them.