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Jeremiah 44:5

But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.

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ASV

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

KJV

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
שָֽׁמְעוּ֙sha.me.'Uthey listenedH8085 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
הִטּ֣וּhi.Tuthey inclinedH5186 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אָזְנָ֔ם'a.ze.Namear theirH241 →
לָשׁ֖וּבla.Shuvto turn awayH7725 →
מֵרָֽעָתָ֑םme.ra.'a.Tamfrom wickedness theirH7451 →
לְבִלְתִּ֥יle.vil.Tito notH1115 →
קַטֵּ֖רka.Terto make smokeH6999 →
לֵאלֹהִ֥יםle.lo.Himto godsH430 →
אֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimotherH312 →

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Jeremiah 19:13The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”Jeremiah 11:10They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.Jeremiah 43:4So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.Isaiah 48:18If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.Jeremiah 44:17–21Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.Zechariah 7:11–12But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.Revelation 2:21–22Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.Psalms 81:11–13But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.2 Chronicles 36:16But 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.Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.Jeremiah 11:8Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”

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