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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 26:4

Tell them that I have said: You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Impenitence;   Indictments;   Minister, Christian;   Wicked (People);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Call of God, the;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shiloh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Micah;   Micah, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'ruch;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to me by living according to my instruction that I set before you
Hebrew Names Version
You shall tell them, Thus says the LORD: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
King James Version
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord ; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
English Standard Version
You shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord : If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you,
New American Standard Bible
"And you shall say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: "If you do not listen to Me, to walk in My Law which I have set before you,
New Century Version
Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord says: You must obey me and follow my teachings that I gave you.
Amplified Bible
"And you will say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "If you will not listen to Me and obey My law which I have set before you,
World English Bible
You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,
Legacy Standard Bible
And you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, "If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have given before you,
Berean Standard Bible
And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I set before you,
Complete Jewish Bible
So tell them that this is what Adonai says: "If you will not pay attention to me and live according to my Torah, which I have given you,
Darby Translation
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken unto me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Easy-to-Read Version
You will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I gave my teachings to you. You must obey me and follow my teachings.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you
Good News Translation
The Lord told me to say to the people, "I, the Lord , have said that you must obey me by following the teaching that I gave you,
Lexham English Bible
And you shall say to them, "Thus says Yahweh: ‘If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you,
Literal Translation
And you shall say to them, So says Jehovah, If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My Law which I have set before you,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And after this maner shalt thou speake vnto them: Thus saieth the LORDE: yf ye will not obeye me, to walke in my lawes, which I haue geuen you,
American Standard Version
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Bible in Basic English
And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD: If ye will not hearken to Me, to walk in My law, which I have set before you,
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord; If yee will not hearken to mee to walke in my Law, which I haue set before you,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And after this maner shalt thou speake vnto them, Thus saith the Lord: If ye wyll not obey me, to walke in my lawes which I haue geuen you,
English Revised Version
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD: If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt seie to hem, The Lord seith these thingis, If ye heren not me, that ye go in my lawe which Y yaf to you,
Update Bible Version
And you shall say to them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the LORD, If ye will not hearken to me to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
New English Translation
Tell them that the Lord says, ‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws.
New King James Version
And you shall say to them, "Thus says the LORD: "If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you,
New Living Translation
"Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,
New Life Bible
And tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: "If you will not listen to Me and follow My Law which I have set before you,
New Revised Standard
You shall say to them: Thus says the Lord : If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law that I have set before you,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shalt thou say unto them Thus, saith Yahweh, - If ye will not hearken unto me, To walk in my law which I have set before you;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If you will not hearken to me to walk in my law, which I have given you:
Revised Standard Version
You shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you,
Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, If ye do not hearken unto Me, to walk in My law, that I set before you,
THE MESSAGE
"Say to them, ‘This is God 's Message: If you refuse to listen to me and live by my teaching that I've revealed so plainly to you, and if you continue to refuse to listen to my servants the prophets that I tirelessly keep on sending to you—but you've never listened! Why would you start now?—then I'll make this Temple a pile of ruins like Shiloh, and I'll make this city nothing but a bad joke worldwide.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And you will say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you,

Contextual Overview

1 Soon after Jehoiakim became king of Judah, the Lord said: 2 Jeremiah, I have a message for everyone who comes from the towns of Judah to worship in my temple. Go to the temple courtyard and speak every word that I tell you. 3 Maybe the people will listen this time. And if they stop doing wrong, I will change my mind and not punish them for their sins. 4 Tell them that I have said: You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings. 5 Again and again I have sent my servants the prophets to preach to you, but you ignored them as well. Now I am warning you that if you don't start obeying me right away, 6 I will destroy this temple, just as I destroyed the town of Shiloh. Then everyone on earth will use the name "Jerusalem" as a curse word.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

If: Leviticus 26:14-46, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:18-28, Deuteronomy 31:16-18, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 32:15-25, Joshua 23:15, Joshua 23:16, 1 Kings 9:6, 2 Chronicles 7:19, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Nehemiah 9:26-30, Isaiah 1:20, Isaiah 42:23-25

which: Jeremiah 44:10, Deuteronomy 4:8, Deuteronomy 4:44, Deuteronomy 11:32, Hebrews 6:18

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:13 - keep Nehemiah 10:29 - to walk Jeremiah 17:27 - ye will Hosea 9:17 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 13:16
I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count the specks of dust than to count your descendants.
Genesis 15:5
Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have."
Genesis 15:18
At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him: I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River.
Genesis 18:18
since his family will become a great and powerful nation that will be a blessing to all other nations on earth.
Genesis 26:2
because the Lord had appeared to Isaac and said: Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.
Genesis 26:3
You will live there as a foreigner, but I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants.
Genesis 26:4
I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth,
Genesis 26:8
After Isaac had been there a long time, King Abimelech looked out a window and saw Isaac hugging and kissing Rebekah.
Genesis 26:17
Isaac left and settled in Gerar Valley,
Genesis 26:18
where he cleaned out those wells that the Philistines had stopped up. Isaac also gave each of the wells the same name that Abraham had given to them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt say unto them,.... What follows is the substance of the prophecy, and the sum of the sermon or discourse he was sent to deliver, without diminishing a word of it:

thus saith the Lord, if ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law which I have set before you; first by Moses, by whose hands it was given to their fathers; and by the prophets, the interpreters of it to them; before whom it was set as a way for them to walk in, and a rule to walk by; a directory for them in their lives and conversations; and which continues to be so, as it is set before us Christians by our King and Lawgiver Jesus Christ; though not to obtain righteousness and life by the works of it; which should not be sought for, nor are attainable thereby.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:4. If ye will not hearken — This and several of the following verses are nearly the same with those in Jeremiah 7:13, &c., where see the notes.


 
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