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Jeremiah 7:26
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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.  
27 “Therefore ayou 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.  

Judgment on Obscene Religion

28 “So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God anor receive correction. bTruth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.  
29 aCut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’  
30 For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord. a“They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to1 pollute it.  
Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 7:26

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American Standard Version
yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

Amplified® Bible
Yet the people would not listen to {and} obey Me or bend their ears [to Me], but stiffened their necks and behaved worse than their fathers.

Contemporary English Version
But you have ignored me and become even more stubborn and sinful than your ancestors ever were!

Darby English Version
but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers.

Good News Bible
Yet no one listened or paid any attention. Instead, you became more stubborn and rebellious than your ancestors.

King James Version
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

New American Standard Bible
"Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.

New International Version
But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their forefathers.'

New King James Version
Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.

Revised Standard Version
yet they did not listen to me, or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.

New English Translation
But your ancestors1 did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate2 and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.’”


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