Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me. New Living Translation And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me. English Standard Version and because you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, every one of you follows his stubborn, evil will, refusing to listen to me. Berean Standard Bible And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me. King James Bible And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: New King James Version And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me. New American Standard Bible You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, each one of you is following the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. NASB 1995 You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. NASB 1977 ‘You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. Legacy Standard Bible You too have done evil, even more than your fathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. Amplified Bible and because you have done worse [things] than your fathers. Just look, every one of you walks in the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen [obediently] to Me. Christian Standard Bible You did more evil than your ancestors. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me. Holman Christian Standard Bible You did more evil than your fathers. Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying Me. American Standard Version and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me: Contemporary English Version And you have done even worse! You are stubborn, and instead of obeying me, you do whatever evil comes to your mind. English Revised Version and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me: GOD'S WORD® Translation You have done worse than your ancestors. All of you are following your own stubborn, evil ways that keep you from obeying me. Good News Translation But you have done even worse than your ancestors. All of you are stubborn and evil, and you do not obey me. International Standard Version You have done even more evil than your ancestors, and each one of you is stubbornly following his own evil desires, refusing to listen to me. Majority Standard Bible And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me. NET Bible And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me. New Heart English Bible and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, look, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me: Webster's Bible Translation And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken to me: World English Bible You have done evil more than your fathers, for behold, you each walk after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don’t listen to me. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou also have done evil above your fathers, "" And behold, you are each walking after the stubbornness of his evil heart, "" So as not to listen to Me. Young's Literal Translation Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me. Smith's Literal Translation And ye acted wickedly to do more than your fathers; and behold, you going a man after the stubbornness of his evil heart for not hearing to me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd you also have done worse than your fathers: for behold every one of you walketh after the perverseness of his evil heart, so as not to hearken to me. Catholic Public Domain Version But you have acted even worse than your fathers. For behold, each one walks after the depravity of his own evil heart, so that he does not listen to me. New American Bible And you have done worse than your ancestors. Here you are, every one of you, walking in the stubbornness of your evil heart instead of listening to me. New Revised Standard Version and because you have behaved worse than your ancestors, for here you are, every one of you, following your stubborn evil will, refusing to listen to me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk away every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that you may not hearken to me; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you have done more evil than your fathers, and behold, you are going, each man, after the will of your evil heart, that you will not listen to me OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto Me; Brenton Septuagint Translation (and ye sinned worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the lusts of your own evil heart, so as not to hearken to me); Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Disaster Predicted…11Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction. 12And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me. 13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’… Cross References Ezekiel 20:18-21 In the wilderness I said to their children: ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. / I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. / Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ ... 2 Kings 17:14-15 But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. Judges 2:19 But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways. Isaiah 65:2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, Hosea 4:16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow? Deuteronomy 9:24 You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. Nehemiah 9:29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. 2 Chronicles 30:7-8 Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see. / Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you. Psalm 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God. Zechariah 7:11-12 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 23:31-32 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. / Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. Acts 7:51-53 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” Romans 10:21 But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” Hebrews 3:8-10 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. / Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ 1 Corinthians 10:6-11 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ... Treasury of Scripture And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not listen to me: worse. Jeremiah 7:26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. Jeremiah 13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. imagination. Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jeremiah 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: Jeremiah 13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. evil. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Ecclesiastes 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: Jump to Previous Evil Fathers Follows Forefathers Guided Hearken Heart Imagination Instead Listening Obeying Pride Refusing Stubborn Stubbornness Walk Walking Wickedly WorseJump to Next Evil Fathers Follows Forefathers Guided Hearken Heart Imagination Instead Listening Obeying Pride Refusing Stubborn Stubbornness Walk Walking Wickedly WorseJeremiah 16 1. The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, 8. from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews; 10. because they were worse than their fathers. 14. Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 16. God will doubly recompense their idolatry. And you have behaved more wickedly than your fathers This phrase highlights a generational decline in moral and spiritual behavior. The Hebrew root for "wickedly" is "רָעַע" (ra'a), which conveys a sense of breaking or shattering, indicating a severe departure from righteousness. Historically, this reflects the period of Judah's history where idolatry and disobedience to God's covenant were rampant. The comparison to "your fathers" suggests a cumulative effect of sin, where each generation's rebellion compounds the previous one's, leading to a deeper estrangement from God. For behold each one of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And youוְאַתֶּ֛ם (wə·’at·tem) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you have done לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make more evil הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם (hă·rê·‘ō·ṯem) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad than your fathers. מֵאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (mê·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father See how וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם (wə·hin·nə·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Interjection | second person masculine plural Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! each of you אִ֚ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person was following הֹלְכִ֗ים (hō·lə·ḵîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk the stubbornness שְׁרִר֣וּת (šə·ri·rūṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8307: Firmness, stubbornness of his evil הָרָ֔ע (hā·rā‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil heart, לִבּֽוֹ־ (lib·bōw-) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre instead of לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until obeying שְׁמֹ֥עַ (šə·mō·a‘) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently Me. אֵלָֽי׃ (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links Jeremiah 16:12 NIVJeremiah 16:12 NLT Jeremiah 16:12 ESV Jeremiah 16:12 NASB Jeremiah 16:12 KJV Jeremiah 16:12 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 16:12 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 16:12 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 16:12 French Bible Jeremiah 16:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:12 And you have done evil more than (Jer.) |
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