Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 7:26
26they did not listen to Me or pay attention. Rather, they stiffened their neck, doing more evil than their fathers.
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
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, 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, they did not listen to Me or pay attention. Rather, they stiffened their neck, doing more evil than their fathers. 27“When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer you. 28So you will say to them, ‘This nation has not obeyed the voice of Adonai their God or received correction. Truth has perished and is cut off from their mouth.
Read all of Jeremiah 7Jeremiah 7:26 word by word
וְל֤וֹא שָׁמְעוּ֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם הֵרֵ֖עוּ מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:26
- Jeremiah 7:24But 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 6:17So I set watchmen over you, saying ‘Listen to the sound of the shofar!’ But they said, ‘We won’t listen.’
- Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ear, but each one walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. 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 ear, but stiffened their neck, not hearing or accepting correction.
- Jeremiah 25:3“From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this day—these 23 years—the word of Adonai has come to me. So I have spoken to you, speaking early and often, but you have not listened.
- Jeremiah 26:5and by listening to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you, early and often—but you have not listened—
- Jeremiah 29:19because they have not listened to My words,” declares Adonai, “which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, sending them early and often, but you would not hear.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 34:14‘At the end of seven years you are to set free every man his brother that is a Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you are let him go free from you.’ But your fathers did not obey Me, nor inclined their ear.
- Jeremiah 44:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt—at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the region of Pathros, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:1The word of Adonai that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the nations.
- 2 Chronicles 33:10Adonai spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
- Nehemiah 9:16“But they, our ancestors, became arrogant. They stiffened their neck and did not obey Your mitzvot.
- Daniel 9:6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Jeremiah 19:15thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “I am about to bring on this city and on all her towns the whole disaster that I pronounced against it, because they stiffened their neck, rather than hearing My words.”
- 2 Kings 17:14Yet they would not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not trust in Adonai their God.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8Do not stiffen your neck as your fathers did, but reconcile to Adonai, and come to His Temple, which He has consecrated forever, and worship Adonai 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
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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
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