Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, For the Lord has spoken.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
- KJV Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
- BSB Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
- NASB ¶Listen and pay attention, do not be haughty; For the Lord has spoken.
- NLT Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah pleads with the people to listen humbly, for the LORD has spoken.
Overview
After the warning, the prophet calls for humble attentiveness to God's word. Pride is the root sin he urges them to abandon. The summons to hear God in humility remains the path of wisdom and life for every generation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Isa 28:14–22Therefore hear Yahweh’s word, you scoffers, that rule this people in Jerusalem:
- Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
- Jer 26:15Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for in truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
- Acts 4:19–20But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
- Amos 7:15and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
- Jas 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
- Isa 42:23Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
- Joel 1:2Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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