Jeremias 7:26

26 but they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed; and they made their neck harder than their fathers.

Jeremias 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:

Jeremias 7:26 In-Context

24 But they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed, but they walked in the imaginations of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward;

25 from the day that their fathers went forth out of the land of Egypt, even until this day. And I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, by day and early in the morning: yea, I sent ,

26 but they hearkened not to me, and their ear gave no heed; and they made their neck harder than their fathers.

27 Therefore thou shalt speak this word to them;

28 This is the nation which has not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, nor received correction: truth has failed from their mouth.