Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words did not tremble in fear, nor did they 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.
- BSB Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- NKJV Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
- 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 36:16Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”
- Ps 36:1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh. An inner sanctuary is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”
- Isa 36:22Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
- 2 Kgs 19:1–2When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
- Ps 64:5They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
- 1 Kgs 21:27When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- Jonah 3:6The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Matt 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
- Rom 3:18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- Jer 5:3O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
- 2 Kgs 22:11–19When the king had heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
- 2 Chr 34:19–31When the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
- Isa 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
- Job 15:4Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
- Gen 37:29Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and 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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