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

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They obeyed

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are 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 shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Made

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Nor

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.