For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
Parallel translations
- WEB and I have declared it to you today; but you have not obeyed Yahweh your God’s voice in anything for which he has sent me to you.
- KJV And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
- NKJV And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, or anything which He has sent you by me.
- NASB So I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the Lord your God in whatever He has sent me to tell you.
- NLT And today I have told you exactly what he said, but you will not obey the Lord your God any better now than you have in the past.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah declares God's word to them, yet they have not obeyed in anything. Their refusal to heed seals their guilt.
Overview
Having faithfully delivered the full message, Jeremiah states plainly that the people have not obeyed the LORD's voice. The contrast between their solemn vow and their disobedience is complete. The verse stands as a sobering testimony that hearing God's word without obeying it brings judgment, calling all readers to be doers of the word and not hearers only (James 1:22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ezek 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
- Acts 20:26–27Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
- Zech 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Ezek 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
- Deut 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- Jer 7:24–27Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
- Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
- Deut 11:26–27See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
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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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