But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.
And they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.
but they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but hardened their neck, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
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