Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
General references
Bible References
Backward
Jeremiah 7:26
However, they wouldn’t listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.
Jeremiah 2:27 say to a tree, “You are my father,”
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to Me
and not their face,
yet in their time of disaster they beg,
“Rise up and save us!”
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to Me
and not their face,
yet in their time of disaster
“Rise up and save us!”
Jeremiah 8:5 Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again, they do not listen and receive discipline.
Nehemiah 9:29 You warned them to turn back to Your law,
but they acted arrogantly
and would not obey Your commands.
They sinned against Your ordinances,
which a person will live by if he does them.
They stubbornly resisted,
stiffened their necks, and would not obey.
but they acted arrogantly
and would not obey Your commands.
They sinned against Your ordinances,
which a person will live by if he does them.
They stubbornly resisted,
stiffened their necks, and would not obey.
Hosea 4:16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?
General references
Jeremiah 29:19
I will do this because they have not listened to My words”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that I sent to them with My servants the prophets time and time again. And you too have not listened.” This is the Lord’s declaration.