But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Jeremiah 44:5 - Tree of Life Version But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to stop making offering to other gods. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they did not listen and obey or submit and consent to turn from their wickedness and burn no incense to other gods. American Standard Version (1901) But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Common English Bible But they wouldn’t listen or pay attention or turn from their evil ways. They continued making offerings to other gods. Catholic Public Domain Version But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear, so that they would convert from their evil, and so that they would not sacrifice to strange gods. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they heard not nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways and not to sacrifice to strange gods. |
But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets until the wrath of Adonai rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
You bore with them for many years and admonished them by Your Ruach through the hand of Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
If only you had listened to My commandments! then your peace would be like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. “The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”
For as numerous as your cities are your gods, O Judah, and as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing—altars to burn incense to Baal.
For Adonai-Tzva’ot, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves, provoking Me by offering sacrifices to Baal.
Yet they would not obey or incline their ear, but each one walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant—which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
This wicked people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their own heart, and go after other gods to serve them and worship them, will be just like this waistband—worth nothing at all.
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be as defiled as the place Topheth—all the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to the whole heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
So Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces and all the people, did not obey the voice of Adonai, to stay in the land of Judah.
But they did not listen or pay attention. Instead they followed their own counsel, in the stubbornness of their evil heart. They have gone backward and not forward,
We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
They called out to them but they departed from their presence. They kept sacrificing to the Baalim and burning incense up to idols.