Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. New Living Translation But neither King Zedekiah nor his attendants nor the people who were left in the land listened to what the LORD said through Jeremiah. English Standard Version But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. Berean Standard Bible But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. King James Bible But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. New King James Version But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land gave heed to the words of the LORD which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. New American Standard Bible But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. NASB 1995 But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. NASB 1977 But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. Legacy Standard Bible But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of Yahweh which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. Amplified Bible But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. Christian Standard Bible He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the LORD that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. Holman Christian Standard Bible He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the LORD that He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. American Standard Version But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. Contemporary English Version But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the LORD had told me. English Revised Version But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. GOD'S WORD® Translation But Zedekiah, his administrators, and the common people didn't listen to what the LORD had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah. Good News Translation But neither Zedekiah nor his officials nor the people obeyed the message which the LORD had given me. International Standard Version But neither he nor his officials nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD that were spoken by Jeremiah the prophet. Majority Standard Bible But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. NET Bible Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the LORD said through the prophet Jeremiah. New Heart English Bible But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. Webster's Bible Translation But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. World English Bible But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand he has not listened—he, and his servants, and the people of the land—to the words of YHWH that He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. Young's Literal Translation and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. Smith's Literal Translation And he heard not, he and his servants, and the people of the land, to the words of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land did obey the words of the Lord, that he spoke in the hand of Jeremias the prophet. Catholic Public Domain Version And neither he himself, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, obeyed the words of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Jeremiah, the prophet. New American Bible Neither he, nor his officials, nor the people of the land would listen to the words which the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. New Revised Standard Version But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he and his Servants and the people of the land did not listen to the statement of LORD JEHOVAH that he spoke by Jeremiah the Prophet OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he and his servants and the people of the land hearkened not to the words of the Lord, which he spoke by Jeremias. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah1Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim. 2But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet. 3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”… Cross References 2 Kings 24:19-20 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. / For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon. 2 Chronicles 36:12-13 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD. / He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel. Jeremiah 52:2-3 And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. / For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon. Ezekiel 17:15-18 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’ / ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke. / Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives. ... Jeremiah 34:2-3 The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. / And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon. Jeremiah 38:20-23 “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live. / But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: / All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’ ... Jeremiah 21:2-7 “Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.” / But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that / this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. ... Jeremiah 29:16-19 this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile— / this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten. / I 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. ... Jeremiah 32:3-5 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. / Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. / He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’” Jeremiah 39:1-7 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. / And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached. / Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. ... 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 19:41-44 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... John 12:37-40 Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. / This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” / For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: ... 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.” Treasury of Scripture But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did listen to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. neither. 2 Kings 24:19,20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done… 2 Chronicles 36:12-16 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD… Proverbs 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. the prophet. Exodus 4:13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. Leviticus 8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. 2 Samuel 10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. Jump to Previous Attendants Attention Ear Hand Hearken Hearkened Jeremiah Paid Prophet Servants WordsJump to Next Attendants Attention Ear Hand Hearken Hearkened Jeremiah Paid Prophet Servants WordsJeremiah 37 1. The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, 3. king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people. 6. Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory. 11. He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison. 16. He assures Zedekiah of the captivity. 18. Entreating for his liberty, he obtains some favor. But neither he This phrase refers to King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah before the Babylonian conquest. The Hebrew word for "he" (הוּא, hu) emphasizes the individual responsibility of Zedekiah. Despite his position as king, he failed to heed God's warnings. Historically, Zedekiah was a weak ruler, often swayed by his officials and the pressures of the political climate, rather than standing firm in faith and obedience to God. nor his attendants nor the people of the land obeyed the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet Hebrew Heה֥וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are and his officers וַעֲבָדָ֖יו (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant and the people וְעַ֣ם (wə·‘am) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the land הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land refused וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no to obey שָׁמַ֛ע (šā·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the words דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause that the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had spoken דִּבֶּ֔ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue through בְּיַ֖ד (bə·yaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3027: A hand Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ (yir·mə·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3414: Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites the prophet. הַנָּבִֽיא׃ (han·nā·ḇî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet Links Jeremiah 37:2 NIVJeremiah 37:2 NLT Jeremiah 37:2 ESV Jeremiah 37:2 NASB Jeremiah 37:2 KJV Jeremiah 37:2 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 37:2 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 37:2 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 37:2 French Bible Jeremiah 37:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 37:2 But neither he nor his servants (Jer.) |
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