Jeremiah 26 · Verse 4

Jeremiah 26:4

And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Jeremiah 26:4, King James Version

Jeremiah 26:4 in other translations

BSBAnd you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
WEBYou shall tell them, “The LORD says: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,
ASVAnd thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
YLT‘And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, If ye do not hearken unto Me, to walk in My law, that I set before you,
DARBYAnd thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken unto me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
BBEAnd you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,
WebsterAnd thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD, If ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

What does Jeremiah 26:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 If ye will not hearken - This and several of the following verses are nearly the same with those in Jer 7:13, etc., where see the notes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 26:1-6

The destruction of the temple and city foretold. (Jr 26:1-6) Jeremiah's life is threatened. (Jr 26:7-15) He is defended by the elders. (Jr 26:16-24) Verses 1-6 God's ambassadors must not seek to please men, or to save themselves from harm. See how God waits to be gracious. If they persisted in disobedience, it would ruin their city and temple. Can any thing else be expected? Those who will not be subject to the…

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Jeremiah 26:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
כֹּ֖הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אִם\־'im-ifH518
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
תִשְׁמְעוּ֙tish.me.'Uyou will listenH8085
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito meH413
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙la.Le.khetto walkH1980
בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔יbe.To.ra.Tiin law myH8451
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
נָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiI have setH5414
לִפְנֵיכֶֽם\׃lif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 26:4

  • 1 Kings 9:6

    But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:

  • Isaiah 1:20

    But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Jeremiah 44:10

    They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.

  • Deuteronomy 4:8

    And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • 2 Chronicles 7:19-20

    But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

  • Deuteronomy 28:15-68

    But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. …

  • Hebrews 6:18

    That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  • Isaiah 42:23-25

    Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

  • Deuteronomy 31:20

    For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

  • Deuteronomy 31:16-18

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

  • Deuteronomy 29:18-28

    Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: …

  • Deuteronomy 4:44

    And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If.
Le 26:14-46; De 28:15-68; 29:18-28; 31:16-18,20; 32:15-25
Jos 23:15,16; 1Ki 9:6; 2Ch 7:19,20; Ne 9:26-30; Isa 1:20; 42:23-25
which.
44:10; De 4:8,44; 11:32; Heb 6:18

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Context

  • Jeremiah 26:3

    If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

  • Jeremiah 26:4

    And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

  • Jeremiah 26:5

    To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

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Jeremiah 26:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Les dirás pues: Así ha dicho Jehová: Si no me oyereis para andar en mi ley, la cual dí delante de vosotros,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu leur diras: Ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Si vous ne m’écoutez pas, pour marcher dans ma loi que j’ai mise devant vous,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sprich zu ihnen: So spricht Jehova: Wenn ihr nicht auf mich höret, daß ihr in meinem Gesetz wandelt, welches ich euch vorgelegt habe,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dices ad eos: Hæc dicit Dominus: Si non audieritis me, ut ambuletis in lege mea quam dedi vobis,