When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
Parallel translations
- WEB “You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.
- KJV Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
- NKJV “Therefore you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not obey you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.
- NASB “So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you.
- NLT “Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.
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Quick answer
God forewarns Jeremiah that the people will neither listen nor answer when he speaks. Faithful ministry sometimes meets persistent rejection.
Overview
God prepares His prophet for a hard reception, knowing the people's hearts. Jeremiah is called to be faithful regardless of results. This sober commission reminds servants of God that obedience in proclamation, not visible success, is the measure of faithfulness, a pattern ultimately seen in Christ's own rejection.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Isa 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Isa 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Zech 7:13And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Jer 26:2“This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
- Jer 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- Isa 6:9–10And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
- Ezek 3:17–18“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.
- Jer 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Ezek 3:4–11Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
- Ezek 2:4–7They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
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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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