Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
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Bible References
Turned
Jeremiah 2:27
saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!
Jeremiah 7:24
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
Jeremiah 18:17
As with an east wind will I scatter them before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Hosea 11:2
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
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Jeremiah 29:19
because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; but ye have not hearkened, saith Jehovah.