Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
Parallel translations
- WEB The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
- KJV Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- NKJV Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
- NASB Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words did not tremble in fear, nor did they tear their garments.
- NLT Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard.
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Quick answer
Neither the king nor his servants show fear or repentance at the words they hear.
Overview
In stark contrast to the princes earlier, Jehoiakim and his attendants neither tremble nor tear their garments in grief. Their hard-hearted indifference to God's warning marks the deepest danger of all: a conscience unmoved by truth. Such hardness invites the very judgment the scroll announced.
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Cross-references · 15
- Jer 36:16When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
- Ps 36:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Isa 36:22Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
- 2 Kgs 19:1–2On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- Ps 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
- 1 Kgs 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
- Jonah 3:6When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Matt 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Rom 3:18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- Jer 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- 2 Kgs 22:11–19When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
- 2 Chr 34:19–31When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes
- Isa 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Job 15:4But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
- Gen 37:29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
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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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