Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:
New American Standard Bible
Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
King James Version
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Holman Bible
and all families of the house of Israel.
International Standard Version
Listen to this message from the LORD, you descendants of Jacob and all the families of the descendants of Israel.
A Conservative Version
Hear ye the word of LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
American Standard Version
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Amplified
Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Darby Translation
Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear ye the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and the families of the house of Israel:
King James 2000
Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.
Modern King James verseion
Hear the Word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear therefore the word of the LORD, O thou house of Jacob, and all the generation of the house of Israel.
NET Bible
Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel.
New Heart English Bible
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
Hear ye the word of Yahweh O house of Jacob, And all the families of the house of Israel.
Webster
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
World English Bible
Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear a word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, And all ye families of the house of Israel.
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 2:4
Prayers for Jeremiah 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithfulness Of Israel's Ancestors
3 Israel was holy to the Lord, the first-fruits of his increase: all who made attacks on him were judged as wrongdoers, evil came on them, says the Lord. 4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel: 5 These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 51:1-4
Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
Jeremiah 5:21
Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
Jeremiah 7:2
Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.
Jeremiah 13:15
Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.
Jeremiah 19:3
Say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem; the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send evil on this place which will be bitter to the ears of anyone hearing of it.
Jeremiah 31:1
At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 33:24
Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation.
Jeremiah 34:4
But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:
Jeremiah 44:24-26
Further, Jeremiah said to all the people and all the women, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all those of Judah who are living in Egypt:
Hosea 4:1
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.
Micah 6:1
Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.