Jeremiah 7:24 “Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the st…”

Jeremiah 7:24

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

World English Bible

But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

American Standard Version

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Geneva Bible 1599

But they would not obey, nor incline their eare, but went after the counsels and the stubbernesse of their wicked heart, and went backewarde and not forwarde.

Darby Translation

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have not hearkened, nor inclined their ear, And they walk in the counsels, In the stubbornness, of their evil heart, And are for backward, and not for forward.

Bible in Basic English

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

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Cross references

“they”

Jeremiah 7:26 Ezekiel 20:13 Ezekiel 20:8 Ezekiel 20:21 Nehemiah 9:16–20 Psalm 106:7–48

Jeremiah 7:26 · BSB

Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.

Ezekiel 20:13 · BSB

Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths.…

Ezekiel 20:8 · BSB

But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger a…

Ezekiel 20:21 · BSB

But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My…

Nehemiah 9:16–20 · BSB

But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

Psalm 106:7–48 · BSB

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

“walked”

Deuteronomy 29:19 Jeremiah 23:17

Deuteronomy 29:19 · BSB

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land…

Jeremiah 23:17 · BSB

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’

“imagination”

Jeremiah 3:17

Jeremiah 3:17 · BSB

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

“backward”

Jeremiah 8:5 Jeremiah 32:33 Jeremiah 2:27 Nehemiah 9:29 Hosea 4:16

Jeremiah 8:5 · BSB

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 32:33 · BSB

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

Nehemiah 9:29 · BSB

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; t…

Hosea 4:16 · BSB

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

Also

Jeremiah 15:6

Jeremiah 15:6 · BSB

You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

25From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.

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