Jeremiah 7:26

Jeremiah 7:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

Context of Jeremiah 7:26

24Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they went backward and not forward. 25Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, again and again. Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers. 27“So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you. 28And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept discipline; trustworthiness has perished and has been eliminated from their mouth.

Jeremiah 7:26 word by word

וְל֤וֹא שָׁמְעוּ֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם הֵרֵ֖עוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Yet they did not listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to Me or inclineנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• their earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• stiffenedקָשָׁהqâshâh · to hardenH7185
• their neckעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• didרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• moreמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:26

• Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they went backward and not forward.
• Jeremiah 6:17And I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
• Jeremiah 11:8Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart, each one of them; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’”
• Jeremiah 17:23Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.
• Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
• Jeremiah 26:5to listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you again and again, but you have not listened;
• Jeremiah 29:19because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the Lord, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 34:14“At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has been sold to you and has served you for six years, and you shall send him out free from you.” But your forefathers did not obey Me nor incline their ear to Me.
• Jeremiah 44:1The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and the land of Pathros, saying,
• Jeremiah 46:1That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
• 2 Chronicles 33:10So the Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
• Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
• Daniel 9:6Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.
• Jeremiah 19:15“This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to bring on this city and all its towns the entire disaster that I have declared against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to listen to My words.’”
• 2 Kings 17:14However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God.
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the Lord and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 God shows that obedience was required of them. That which God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is very encouraging. Let God's will be your rule, and his favour shall be your happiness. God was displeased with disobedience. We understand the gospel as little as the Jews understood the law, if we think that even the sacrifice of Christ lessens our obligation to obey.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-26Throughout their history, the Israelites ignored the messages from the Lord's prophets (2 Chronicles 36:15; Mark 12:1015010).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. hardened ... neck--(De 31:27; Is 48:4; Ac 7:51). worse than their fathers--(Jr 16:12). In Jr 7:22 He had said, "your fathers"; here He says, "their fathers"; the change to the third person marks growing alienation from them. He no longer addresses themselves, as it would be a waste of words in the case of such hardened rebels.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:26

• Backsliders
• Condescension of God
• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Mirth
• Reject
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Harden
• Jeremiah (2)
• Neck

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings