Jeremiah 7:26

26 However, they wouldn't listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate;^[a][b]they did more evil than their ancestors.

Jeremiah 7:26 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:26

Yet they hearkened not unto me
Speaking by the prophets: nor inclined their ear;
to what was said to them; would not listen to it, and much less obey what was commanded them: but hardened their neck;
and so became stiffnecked, and would not submit to bear the yoke of the law: they did worse than their fathers;
every generation grew more and more wicked, and went on to be so until the measure of their iniquity was filled up; hence it follows:

Jeremiah 7:26 In-Context

24 Yet they didn't listen or pay attention but walked according to their own advice and according to their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward.

25 Since the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent all My servants the prophets to you time and time again.

26 However, they wouldn't listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate;they did more evil than their ancestors.

27 "When you speak all these things to them, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer you.

28 You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished-it has disappeared from their mouths.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit but stiffened their neck
• [b]. Jr 17:23; 19:15; 2 Kg 17:14