22 aFor I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, a‘Obey My voice, and bI will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
24 aYet they did not obey or incline their ear, but bfollowed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and cwent backward and not forward.
25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even asent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.
26 aYet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but bstiffened their neck. cThey did worse than their fathers.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Jeremiah 7:24 Mean?
Jeremiah 7:23-24
God commanded Israel, "Obey My voice." If we take that extremely literally, His voice would include only the Ten Commandments because He literally spoke only them in the hearing of all Israel. Nevertheless, "My voice" undoubtedly includes what He spoke privately to Moses, and thus what is contained within the terms given between Exodus 20 and 23.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eighteen)
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