Jeremiah 7:26

26 But you didn't obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your 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 But they didn't obey me or pay attention to me. They followed their own plans and their stubborn, evil ways. They went backward and not forward.

25 From the time that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again.

26 But you didn't obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.

27 "Jeremiah, you will say all these things to them, but they will not obey you. You will call to them, but they will not respond to you.

28 You will say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the LORD their God. They did not accept discipline. Truth has disappeared and vanished from their lips.'