Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah 7:26 in other translations
| BSB | Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. |
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| WEB | Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers. |
| ASV | yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers. |
| YLT | And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers. |
| DARBY | but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers. |
| BBE | But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers. |
| Webster | Yet they hearkened not to me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. |
What does Jeremiah 7:26 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 7:21-28
God shows that obedience was required of them. That which God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is very encouraging. Let God's will be your rule, and his favour shall be your happiness. God was displeased with disobedience. We understand the gospel as little as the Jews understood the law, if we think that even the sacrifice of Christ lessens our obligation to obey.
Jeremiah 7:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 7:26
- Jeremiah 16:12
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
- 2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
- Jeremiah 17:23
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
- Jeremiah 19:15
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
- Jeremiah 7:24
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
- Matthew 23:32
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- Nehemiah 9:29
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
- Nehemiah 9:16-17
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
- Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- 2 Chronicles 33:10
And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
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Context
- Jeremiah 7:25
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
- Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
- Jeremiah 7:27
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.
Jeremiah 7:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas no me oyeron ni inclinaron su oído; antes endurecieron su cerviz, é hicieron peor que sus padres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais ils ne m’ont point écouté, et ils n’ont point incliné leur oreille; et ils ont roidi leur cou, ils ont fait pis que leurs pères. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber sie haben nicht auf mich gehört und ihr Ohr nicht geneigt; und sie haben ihren Nacken verhärtet, haben es ärger gemacht als ihre Väter. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et non audierunt me, nec inclinaverunt aurem suam: sed induraverunt cervicem suam, et pejus operati sunt quam patres eorum. |