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Jeremiah 22:21

I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

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ASV

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

KJV

I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דִּבַּ֤רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696 →
אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙'e.La.yikhto youH413 →
בְּשַׁלְוֹתַ֔יִךְbe.shal.vo.Ta.yikhin prosperity yourH7962 →
אָמַ֖רְתְּ'a.Martyou saidH559 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
אֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'I will listenH8085 →
זֶ֤הzehthisH2088 →
דַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKh[has been] way yourH1870 →
מִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְmi.ne.'u.Ra.yikhsince youth<s> yourH5271 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
שָׁמַ֖עַתְּsha.Ma.'atyou have listenedH8085 →
בְּקוֹלִֽי׃be.ko.Lito voice myH6963 →

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Zephaniah 3:2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.Jeremiah 32:30For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”Jeremiah 7:22–28For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Isaiah 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.Ezekiel 23:3–39and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.Jeremiah 35:15Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—Nehemiah 9:16–37But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.2 Chronicles 36:16–17But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.Ezekiel 20:13Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!Ezekiel 20:28When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.Jeremiah 2:31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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