Jeremiah 7:28 “Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not lis…”

Jeremiah 7:28

Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

World English Bible

You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to the LORD their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’

American Standard Version

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

But thou shalt say vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

And thou hast said unto them: This [is] the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.

Bible in Basic English

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

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Cross references

“nor”

Zephaniah 3:2 Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 6:29 Jeremiah 6:30 Isaiah 1:4

Zephaniah 3:2 · BSB

She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.

Jeremiah 2:30 · BSB

“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Jeremiah 6:29 · BSB

The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.

Jeremiah 6:30 · BSB

They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”

Isaiah 1:4 · BSB

Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

“correction”

Jeremiah 32:33 Proverbs 1:7 Jeremiah 6:8 Psalm 50:17 Zephaniah 3:7

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.

Proverbs 1:7 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Jeremiah 6:8 · BSB

Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”

Psalm 50:17 · BSB

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Zephaniah 3:7 · BSB

I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

“truth”

Jeremiah 5:1 Jeremiah 9:3–8 Hosea 4:1 Micah 7:2–5 Isaiah 59:14 Isaiah 59:15

Jeremiah 5:1 · BSB

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Jeremiah 9:3–8 · BSB

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 4:1 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Micah 7:2–5 · BSB

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Isaiah 59:14 · BSB

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:15 · BSB

Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

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

In context

27When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

29Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’

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