Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For they have not listened to my words,” declares the LORD, “words that I sent to them again and again by my servants the prophets. And you exiles have not listened either,” declares the LORD. New Living Translation For they refuse to listen to me, though I have spoken to them repeatedly through the prophets I sent. And you who are in exile have not listened either,” says the LORD. English Standard Version because they did not pay attention to my words, declares the LORD, that I persistently sent to you by my servants the prophets, but you would not listen, declares the LORD.’ Berean Standard Bible I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.” King James Bible Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. New King James Version because they have not heeded My words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; neither would you heed, says the LORD. New American Standard Bible because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the LORD, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the LORD. NASB 1995 because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the LORD, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the LORD. NASB 1977 because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the LORD, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible because they have not listened to My words,’ declares Yahweh, ‘which I sent to them by My slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending; but you did not listen,’ declares Yahweh. Amplified Bible because they have not listened to and honored My words,’ says the LORD, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets. Moreover, you [exiles] did not listen [either],’ says the LORD. Christian Standard Bible I will do this because they have not listened to my words”—this is the LORD’s declaration—“the words that I sent to them with my servants the prophets time and time again. And you too have not listened.” This is the LORD’s declaration. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will do this because they have not listened to My words"—this is the LORD’s declaration—"that I sent to them with My servants the prophets time and time again. And you too have not listened.” This is the LORD’s declaration. American Standard Version because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah. English Revised Version because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation They didn't listen to me, declares the LORD. I sent them my servants the prophets again and again, but they refused to listen, declares the LORD. Good News Translation This will happen to them because they did not obey the message that I kept on sending to them through my servants the prophets. They refused to listen. International Standard Version because they didn't listen to my words,' declares the LORD. 'When I sent my servants, the prophets, to you again and again, you didn't listen,' declares the LORD. Majority Standard Bible I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.” NET Bible For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,' says the LORD. 'And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,' says the LORD. New Heart English Bible because they have not listened to my words,' says the LORD, 'with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,' says the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. World English Bible because they have not listened to my words,” says Yahweh, “with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear,” says Yahweh. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionbecause that they have not listened to My words—a declaration of YHWH—that I sent to them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and you did not listen—a declaration of YHWH. Young's Literal Translation Because that they have not hearkened unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye hearkened not -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Smith's Literal Translation For that they heard not to my word, says Jehovah, which I sent to them with my servants the prophets, rising early and sending; and ye heard not, says Jehovah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBecause they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord: which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising by night, and sending: and you have not heard, saith the Lord. Catholic Public Domain Version For they have not listened to my words, says the Lord, which I sent to them through my servants, the prophets, rising while it was still night, and sending. But you have not listened, says the Lord. New American Bible because they did not listen to my words—oracle of the LORD—even though I kept sending them my servants the prophets, but they would not listen to them—oracle of the LORD. New Revised Standard Version because they did not heed my words, says the LORD, when I persistently sent to you my servants the prophets, but they would not listen, says the LORD. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBecause they did not hearken to my words, and I sent to them all my servants the prophets, warning them in advance, but they did not listen to them, says the LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because they have not listened to my words, and I sent to them all my Servants the Prophets. I arose early and I sent, and they did not listen to them, says LORD JEHOVAH OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917because they have not hearkened to My words, saith the LORD, wherewith I sent unto them My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Letter to the Exiles…18I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them. 19I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.” 20So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But 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. Nehemiah 9:26-30 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. ... Isaiah 65:12 I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.” Isaiah 66:4 So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.” Zechariah 7:11-14 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. / And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts. ... 2 Kings 17:13-14 Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. 2 Kings 21:10-15 And the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, / “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, / this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. ... Proverbs 1:24-31 Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ... Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. Ezekiel 20:8 But 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. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Acts 7:51-52 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— 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 3:7-11 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / 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. ... Treasury of Scripture Because they have not listened to my words, said the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, said the LORD. Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. Jeremiah 7:13,24-26 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; … Jeremiah 25:3-7 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened… Jump to Previous Betimes Declares Ear Early Exiles Getting Hear Hearkened Heed Often Persistently Prophets Rising Sending Servants Wherewith WordsJump to Next Betimes Declares Ear Early Exiles Getting Hear Hearkened Heed Often Persistently Prophets Rising Sending Servants Wherewith WordsJeremiah 29 1. Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there,8. and not to believe the dreams of their prophets; 10. and that they shall return with grace after seventy years. 15. He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience. 20. He shows the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two false prophets. 24. Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah. 30. Jeremiah foretells his doom. For they have not listened This phrase underscores the persistent disobedience and spiritual deafness of the people. The Hebrew root for "listened" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but obeying. In the biblical context, listening to God is synonymous with obedience. The Israelites' failure to heed God's words reflects a deeper spiritual rebellion, a theme recurrent throughout the Old Testament. This disobedience is not merely a passive act but an active rejection of God's authority and love. to My words declares the LORD that I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets And you too have not listened declares the LORD Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will do this becauseתַּ֛חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of they have not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no listened שָׁמְע֥וּ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to My words, דְּבָרַ֖י (də·ḇā·ray) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel which אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I sent שָׁלַ֨חְתִּי (šā·laḥ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out to אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to them אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among time and again הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם (haš·kêm) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7925: To load up, to start early in the morning with My servants עֲבָדַ֤י (‘ă·ḇā·ḏay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant the prophets. הַנְּבִאִים֙ (han·nə·ḇi·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet And neither have you [exiles] וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no listened, שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם (šə·ma‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Jeremiah 29:19 NIVJeremiah 29:19 NLT Jeremiah 29:19 ESV Jeremiah 29:19 NASB Jeremiah 29:19 KJV Jeremiah 29:19 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 29:19 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 29:19 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 29:19 French Bible Jeremiah 29:19 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 29:19 Because they have not listened to my (Jer.) |
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