But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
Parallel translations
- KJV But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
- BSB But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
- NKJV But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land gave heed to the words of the Lord which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
- NASB But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
- NLT But neither King Zedekiah nor his attendants nor the people who were left in the land listened to what the Lord said through Jeremiah.
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Neither the king, his servants, nor the people heed the Lord's words spoken through Jeremiah.
Overview
The whole nation persists in ignoring God's message delivered by His prophet. This summary indictment explains why judgment now falls upon Judah. Their refusal to listen, like Jehoiakim's before them, leaves them without excuse before God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Th 4:8Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
- 2 Kgs 24:19–20He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- 2 Chr 36:12–16He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Yahweh’s mouth.
- Prov 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
- Exod 4:13He said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
- 2 Sam 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
- Ezek 21:25“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
- Prov 26:6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
- Hos 12:10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
- 1 Kgs 14:18All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
- 1 Kgs 16:7Moreover Yahweh’s word came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
- Lev 8:36Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.
- 2 Sam 10:2David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
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