Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 7:24
24But 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,
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.
- New International Version (NIV)But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They 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.
Context of Jeremiah 7:24
22For on the day that I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt I did not speak to them nor did I command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices, 23but I explicitly commanded them: ‘Obey My voice and I will be your God to you and you will be My people. Walk in all the ways that I command you that it may go well with you.’ 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, 25from the day your fathers left the land of Egypt until today. Although I sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily and persistently, 26they did not listen to Me or pay attention. Rather, they stiffened their neck, doing more evil than their fathers.
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 7:26they did not listen to Me or pay attention. Rather, they stiffened their neck, doing more evil than their fathers.
- Jeremiah 11:7For I earnestly forewarned your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt until this day, forewarning early and often, saying ‘Listen to My voice!’
- Exodus 32:7Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go down! For your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have become debased.
- Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our ancestors, became arrogant. They stiffened their neck and did not obey Your mitzvot.
- Psalms 81:11I am Adonai your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
- Psalms 106:7Our fathers in Egypt did not ponder Your wonders. Nor did they remember Your abundant lovingkindness, but rebelled by the sea— at the Sea of Reeds.
- Ezekiel 20:8“But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me. None of them cast away the detestable things that were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My fury upon them, to expend My anger upon them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘Adonai has said, you will have shalom.’ To everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: ‘No evil will come on you.’”
- Deuteronomy 29:19Adonai will be unwilling to forgive him. For then the anger of Adonai and His jealousy will smoke against that person. So all the oath that is written in this scroll will settle on him, and Adonai will blot out his name from under the heavens.
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of Adonai and all the nations will gather into it, to Jerusalem, in the Name of Adonai. No longer will they walk according to the stubbornness of their evil heart.
- Jeremiah 2:27They say to wood, ‘You are my father’ and to a stone, ‘You birthed me.’ They have turned their back to Me and not their face. Yet when they are in trouble they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then has this people—Jerusalem— turned away in perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 32:33“They have turned their back to Me and not their face. Though I taught them early and often, they have not listened to receive instruction.
- Nehemiah 9:29“You warned them in order to turn them back to Your Torah, but they became insolent and disobeyed Your mitzvot. They sinned against Your ordinances—those by which if a man does them he will live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
- Hosea 4:16For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn cow. Now Adonai will pasture them like a lamb in the open field.
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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