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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 44:16

Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the Lord 's name? We refuse to listen!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Impenitence;   Queen;   Self-Will;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Stubbornness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;   Self-Will and Stubbornness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Idol, idolatry;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Presumption;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Queen of Heaven;   Stars;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Idolatry;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Egypt;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
Hebrew Names Version
As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
King James Version
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord , we will not hearken unto thee.
English Standard Version
"As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord , we will not listen to you.
New American Standard Bible
"As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you!
New Century Version
"We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.
Amplified Bible
"As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you.
World English Bible
As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lorde, wee will not heare it of thee,
Legacy Standard Bible
"As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!
Berean Standard Bible
"As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Complete Jewish Bible
"As for the word you have just spoken to us in the name of Adonai , we will not listen to you.
Darby Translation
[As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,
Easy-to-Read Version
"We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.
George Lamsa Translation
As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
Good News Translation
"We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"Concerning the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!
Literal Translation
As for the Word that you have spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we will not listen to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the LORDE, we will in no wyse heare them:
American Standard Version
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.
Bible in Basic English
As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
King James Version (1611)
As for the word that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken vnto thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lorde, we wyll in no wise heare them:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days.
English Revised Version
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
We schulen not here of thee the word which thou spekist to vs in the name of oure Lord God,
Update Bible Version
As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
[As for] the word that thou hast spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken to thee.
New English Translation
"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!
New King James Version
"As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
New Living Translation
"We will not listen to your messages from the Lord !
New Life Bible
"We will not listen to what you have said to us in the name of the Lord!
New Revised Standard
"As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord , we are not going to listen to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As touching the word which thou hast spoken unto us, in the name of Yahweh we are not going to hearken unto thee;
Douay-Rheims Bible
As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:
Revised Standard Version
"As for the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
Young's Literal Translation
`The word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah -- we are not hearkening unto thee;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you!

Contextual Overview

15 A large number of Jews from both northern and southern Egypt listened to me as I told them what the Lord had said. Most of the men in the crowd knew that their wives often burned incense to other gods. So they and their wives shouted: 16 Jeremiah, what do we care if you speak in the Lord 's name? We refuse to listen! 17 We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us. 18 But since the time we stopped burning incense and offering wine sacrifices to her, we have been dying from war and hunger. 19 Then the women said, "When we lived in Judah, we worshiped the Queen of Heaven and offered sacrifices of wine and special loaves of bread shaped like her. Our husbands knew what we were doing, and they approved of it."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we: Jeremiah 16:15-17, Jeremiah 8:6, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 38:4, Exodus 5:2, Job 15:25-27, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Psalms 2:3, Psalms 73:8, Psalms 73:9, Isaiah 3:9, Daniel 3:15, Luke 19:14, Luke 19:27

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:6 - in the sight of Moses Deuteronomy 29:19 - that he bless Judges 17:6 - right 1 Samuel 8:19 - refused to obey Nehemiah 9:29 - yet they Psalms 81:12 - they walked Psalms 107:11 - contemned Psalms 119:21 - cursed Proverbs 13:13 - despiseth Proverbs 21:29 - hardeneth Proverbs 27:22 - General Ecclesiastes 8:3 - stand Ecclesiastes 11:9 - walk Isaiah 28:12 - yet Isaiah 30:15 - and ye Jeremiah 3:3 - a whore's Jeremiah 6:16 - We will Jeremiah 7:26 - they hearkened Jeremiah 17:27 - ye will Jeremiah 42:13 - General Jeremiah 44:24 - Hear Jeremiah 44:28 - shall know Ezekiel 3:7 - Israel will Ezekiel 14:3 - and put Ezekiel 22:24 - General Ezekiel 24:12 - her great Ezekiel 33:31 - and they Daniel 9:6 - have we Hosea 11:2 - they called Zechariah 1:4 - but Zechariah 7:11 - they refused Matthew 21:29 - I will not Matthew 25:24 - I knew Mark 7:9 - Full Mark 12:3 - and sent Luke 6:49 - that heareth Acts 14:18 - scarce 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - because James 1:23 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 37:7
We were out in the field, tying up bundles of wheat. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles gathered around and bowed down to it."
Genesis 37:9
Joseph later had another dream, and he told his brothers, "Listen to what else I dreamed. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowed down to me."
Genesis 44:8
We even returned the money we found in our grain sacks when we got back to Canaan. So why would we want to steal any silver or gold from your master's house?
Genesis 44:9
If you find that one of us has the cup, then kill him, and the rest of us will become your slaves."
Genesis 44:18
Judah went over to Joseph and said: Sir, you have as much power as the king himself, and I am only your slave. Please don't get angry if I speak.
Genesis 44:21
You ordered us to bring him here, so you could see him for yourself.
Genesis 44:22
We told you that our father would die if Benjamin left him.
Genesis 44:28
One of them was already missing and had not been seen for a long time. My father thinks the boy was torn to pieces by some wild animal,
Genesis 44:32
I promised my father that I would bring him safely home. If I don't, I told my father he could blame me the rest of my life.
Numbers 32:23
But if you don't keep your promise, you will sin against the Lord and be punished.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[As for] the word that thou has, spoken unto us in the name of the Lord,.... Which they did not believe that it came from the Lord, but was a device of the prophet's, and a lie, as in Jeremiah 43:2; and if it did come from the Lord, their impudence was risen to such a pitch, that they were determined not to regard it:

we will not hearken unto thee: to thy words; neither to thy exhortations, reproofs, or menaces, even though thou comest and speakest in the name of the Lord. This, and what follows, is an unparalleled instance of the pride, obstinacy, enmity, and rebellion of the carnal mind against God.


 
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