Jeremiah 17:23

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Summary

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

They obeyed

Made

Proverbs 29:1

Nor

Bible References

They obeyed

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and

went backward and not forward.

They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”

Then you are to say to them, ‘It is because your forefathers have forsaken Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and have followed other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire calamity that I have declared against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”

“Because I know that you are

obstinate,

And your neck is an iron sinew
And your forehead bronze,

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

But they refused to pay attention and

turned a stubborn shoulder and

stopped their ears from hearing.

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

Made

A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.

Nor

“Be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or

I shall be alienated from you,

And make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”

They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them,

teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction.

Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

“For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.

To receive instruction in wise behavior,

Righteousness, justice and equity;

And you say, “How I have hated instruction!
And my heart spurned reproof!

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

“I said, ‘Surely you will revere Me,

Accept instruction.’

So her dwelling will not be cut off
According to all that I have appointed concerning her.
But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.