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, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in [their own] plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and {they became worse instead of better}.

They have turned back to the iniquities of their former ancestors, who refused to obey 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 that I {made} with their ancestors."

Then you shall say to them, '{Because} your ancestors have forsaken me,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and they have gone after other gods, and they have served them, and they have bowed down in worship to them, and they have forsaken me, and they have not kept my laws.

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Look, I [am] about to bring to this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their neck to not hear my words.'"

because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.

"But in the desert the house of Israel rebelled against me; {they did not walk in my statutes}, and they rejected my regulations, which, if a person does them, he will live by them, and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths, and I decided to pour out my rage on them in the desert to destroy them,

But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.

"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!

Made

A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.

Nor

Be warned, Jerusalem, lest I turn away from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, a land that is not inhabited."

And they have turned to me [their] backs and not [their] faces, though {I have taught them over and over again}, but they [were] not listening to accept discipline.

And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, {I have sent them over and over again}, {saying}, 'Turn back please each one from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and you must not go after other gods to serve them, {so that you may live} on the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear and you did not listen to me.

while you yourself hate discipline, and cast my words behind you?

to gain {insightful instruction}, righteousness and justice and equity,

and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"

Take my teaching and not silver; may you choose knowledge rather than choice gold.

I have said, 'Surely she will fear me; she will accept discipline. Then her dwelling place will not be cut down, [nor] all that I have brought upon her.' Surely they rise early; they make all their deeds corrupt.

And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.