Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsyet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
And they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.
but they have not hearkened unto me, nor inclined their ear; and they have hardened their neck: they have done worse than their fathers.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile