Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
Nor hearkened
Thy testimonies
Thou didst
General references
Bible References
Nor hearkened
Jeremiah 29:19
because they have not listened to and honored My words,’ says the Lord, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets. Moreover, you [exiles] did not listen [either],’ says the Lord.
Thy testimonies
Nehemiah 9:30
“Yet You were patient with them for many years,
And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;
Still they would notlisten.
Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
“Yet You were patient with them for many years,
And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;
Still they would not
Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
2 Kings 17:15
They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers, as well as His warnings that he gave them. And they followed vanity [that is, false gods, idols] and became vain (empty-headed). They followed the [pagan practices of the] nations which surrounded them, although the Lord had commanded that they were not to do as they did.
Thou didst
Deuteronomy 31:21
Then it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this [sacred] song will confront them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten from the mouth of their descendants. For I know their inclination which is developing even now, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn to give them.”
2 Kings 17:13
Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes, in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”
General references
Job 34:31
“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured my chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have endured my chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;
Psalm 106:6
We have sinned like our fathers;
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.
We have sinned like our fathers;
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.