Jeremiah 25:8

8 Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words,

Jeremiah 25:8 in Other Translations

8 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,

8 "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words,

8 And now the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Because you have not listened to me,

8 The verdict of God-of-the-Angel-Armies on all this: "Because you have refused to listen to what I've said,

8 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words,

8 "This is what the LORD of Armies says: You did not listen to my words,

8 "Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Because you have not obeyed My words,

8 "The LORD who rules over all says, 'You have not listened to my words.

Jeremiah 25:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 25:8

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts
Of armies above and below; and so can do what he pleases in heaven and in earth: because ye have not heard my words;
by the prophets, so as to obey them; they had heard them externally, but did not observe to do them.

Jeremiah 25:8 In-Context

6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”

7 “But you did not listen to me,” declares the LORD, “and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves.”

8 Therefore the LORD Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words,

9 I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the LORD, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.

10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.