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Jeremiah 7:24
24But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
Jeremiah 7:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward.
Context of Jeremiah 7:24
22For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, 23but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. 25From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets. 26But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.’
Read all of Jeremiah 7Jeremiah 7:24 word by word
וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ וְלֹֽא־הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֔ם וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ בְּמֹ֣עֵצ֔וֹת בִּשְׁרִר֖וּת לִבָּ֣ם הָרָ֑ע וַיִּהְי֥וּ לְאָח֖וֹר וְלֹ֥א לְפָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But they hearkenedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
- not, nor inclinedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- their earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
- but walkedיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- in the counselsמוֹעֵצָהmô‛êtsâh · counselH4156
- in the imaginationשְׁרִירוּתsherîyrûth · stubbornnessH8307
- of their evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
- heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- and went backwardאָחוֹר'âchôr 'âchôr · backH268
- and not forwardפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:24
- Jeremiah 7:26But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.’
- Jeremiah 11:7From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, “Obey me.”
- Exodus 32:7Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt.
- Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and they did not obey your commands.
- Psalms 81:11“But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.
- Psalms 106:7When our ancestors were in Egypt, they gave no thought to your miracles; they did not remember your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.
- Ezekiel 20:8“ ‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.
- Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise me, ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’ And to all who follow the stubbornness of their hearts they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’
- Deuteronomy 29:19When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
- Jeremiah 2:27They say to wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 32:33They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
- Nehemiah 9:29“You warned them in order to turn them back to your law, but they became arrogant and disobeyed your commands. They sinned against your ordinances, of which you said, ‘The person who obeys them will live by them.’ Stubbornly they turned their backs on you, became stiff-necked and refused to listen.
- Hosea 4:16The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Imagination - Better, as in the margin. And went backward - literally, as in the margin; i. e., they turned their back upon Me to follow their own devices.Read the comment
- 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. 2424. hearkened not--They did not give even a partial hearing to Me (Psa 81:11, 12). imagination--rather, as Margin, "the stubbornness." backward, &c.--(Jr 2:27; 32:33; Ho 4:16).Read the comment
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- 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
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