Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They provoked him to jealous anger more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed.
Jeremiah 7:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised However, my people wouldn’t listen to me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet the people would not listen to and obey Me or bend their ears [to Me], but stiffened their necks and behaved worse than their fathers. American Standard Version (1901) yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers. Common English Bible But they didn’t listen to me or pay attention; they were stubborn and did more harm than their ancestors. Catholic Public Domain Version But they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Instead, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they have not hearkened to me nor inclined their ear: but have hardened their neck and have done worse than their fathers. |
Judah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They provoked him to jealous anger more than all that their ancestors had done with the sins they committed.
You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you. In order to anger me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images, but you have flung me behind your back.
But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.
They rejected his statutes and his covenant he had made with their ancestors and the warnings he had given them. They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.
Don’t become obstinate , now as your ancestors did. Give your allegiance to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated for ever. Serve the Lord your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,
But he did not humble himself before the Lord like his father Manasseh humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
You warned them to turn back to your law, but they acted arrogantly and would not obey your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, which a person will live by if he does them. They stubbornly resisted, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.
One who becomes stiff-necked, after many reprimands will be shattered instantly – beyond recovery.
Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,
What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
Yet they would not obey or pay attention; each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant, because they had not done what I commanded them to do.’
You did more evil than your ancestors. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me.
They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate, not listening or accepting discipline.
‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring on this city #– #and on all its cities #– #every disaster that I spoke against it, for they have become obstinate, not obeying my words.” ’
I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way since youth; indeed, you have never listened to me.
‘From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day #– #twenty-three years #– #the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you time and time again, , but you have not obeyed.
‘ “But you have not obeyed me” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #“with the result that you have angered me by the work of your hands and brought disaster on yourselves.”
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 #– #
I will do this because they have not listened to my words’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘the words that I sent to them with my servants the prophets time and time again. , And you too have not listened.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
Only acknowledge your guilt – you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You have scattered your favours to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
They entered and possessed it, but they did not obey you or live according to your instructions. They failed to perform all you commanded them to do, and so you have brought all this disaster on them.
“At the end of seven years, each of you must let his fellow Hebrew who sold himself to you go. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free from your service.” But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention.
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.
Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will certainly bring on Judah and on all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them because I have spoken to them, but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them, but they did not answer.” ’
‘As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.
Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, , so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them – they find no pleasure in it.
I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they protested, ‘We won’t listen! ’
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.
The Lord said, ‘It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it.
‘Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
‘Now you, son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
‘Therefore say to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: Are you defiling yourselves the way your ancestors did, and prostituting yourselves with their abhorrent things?
We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, leaders, ancestors, and all the people of the land.
My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.
‘Since the days of your ancestors, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,’ says the Lord of Armies. Yet you ask, ‘How can we return? ’
‘But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to each other, “This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.”
‘You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgement is revealed.
Like the nations the Lord is about to destroy before you, you will perish if you do not obey the Lord your God.