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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 37:2

But neither Zedekiah nor his officials nor the people obeyed the message which the Lord had given me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Impenitence;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alliances;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Pharaoh;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Slaves and Slavery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the Lord that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.
Hebrew Names Version
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did listen to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Yirmeyahu.
King James Version
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord , which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
English Standard Version
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
New American Standard Bible
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
New Century Version
But Zedekiah, his servants, and the people of Judah did not listen to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
Amplified Bible
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.
World English Bible
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did listen to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But neither he, nor his seruants, nor the people of the land would obey the wordes of the Lorde, which he spake by the ministerie of the Prophet Ieremiah.
Legacy Standard Bible
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of Yahweh which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
Berean Standard Bible
He and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
Contemporary English Version
But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the Lord had told me.
Complete Jewish Bible
But neither he, his servants nor the people of the land paid attention to the words of Adonai , which he spoke through the prophet Yirmeyahu.
Darby Translation
And neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened unto the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Zedekiah, his servants, and the people of Judah did not pay attention to the messages the Lord had given to Jeremiah the prophet.
George Lamsa Translation
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
Lexham English Bible
But he and his servants and the people of the land did not listen to the words of Yahweh that he spoke by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
Literal Translation
But not he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the Words of Jehovah which He spoke by Jeremiah the prophet.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But nether he, ner his seruauntes, ner the people in the lode wolde obeye the wordes of ye LORDE, which he spake by the prophet Ieremy.
American Standard Version
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
Bible in Basic English
But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
King James Version (1611)
But neither he, nor his seruants, nor the people of the land, did hearken vnto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prophet Ieremiah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But neither he, nor his seruauntes, nor the people in his lande, woulde obey the wordes of the Lorde which he spake by the prophete Ieremie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying,
English Revised Version
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he, and hise seruauntis, and his puple obeieden not to the wordis of the Lord, whiche he spak in the hond of Jeremye, the profete.
Update Bible Version
But neither he, nor his slaves, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
Webster's Bible Translation
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
New English Translation
Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah.
New King James Version
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land gave heed to the words of the LORD which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
New Living Translation
But neither King Zedekiah nor his attendants nor the people who were left in the land listened to what the Lord said through Jeremiah.
New Life Bible
But he and his servants and the people of the land would not listen to what the Lord said through Jeremiah the man of God.
New Revised Standard
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land had hearkened unto the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land did obey the words of the Lord, that he spoke in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.
Revised Standard Version
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
Young's Literal Translation
and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

Contextual Overview

1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia made Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah in the place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. 2 But neither Zedekiah nor his officials nor the people obeyed the message which the Lord had given me. 3 King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to ask me to pray to the Lord our God on behalf of our nation. 4 I had not yet been put in prison and was still moving about freely among the people. 5 The Babylonian army had been besieging Jerusalem, but when they heard that the Egyptian army had crossed the Egyptian border, they retreated. 6 Then the Lord , the God of Israel, told me 7 to say to Zedekiah, "The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home. 8 Then the Babylonians will come back, attack the city, capture it, and burn it down. 9 I, the Lord , warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will not come back, because they will. 10 Even if you defeat the whole Babylonian army, so that only wounded men are left, lying in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city to the ground."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

neither: 2 Kings 24:19, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Chronicles 36:12-16, Proverbs 29:12, Ezekiel 21:25, 1 Thessalonians 4:8

the prophet: Heb. the hand of the prophet, Exodus 4:13, Leviticus 8:36, 2 Samuel 10:2, 2 Samuel 12:25, 1 Kings 14:18, 1 Kings 16:7, Proverbs 26:6, Hosea 12:10, *marg.

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 39:11 - to

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,
Genesis 5:1
This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.
Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,
Genesis 10:1
These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
Genesis 30:4
So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.
Genesis 35:22
While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious. Jacob had twelve sons.
Genesis 37:22
"Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." He said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.
Genesis 37:24
Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.
Genesis 37:25
While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelites traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land,.... The king, his courtiers and subjects the royal family, nobility, and common people; they were all degenerate and corrupt. Jarchi observes, that Jehoiakim was wicked, and his people righteous; and that Zedekiah was righteous, and his people wicked but he seems to found his character on that single action of taking Jeremiah out of prison; whereas, according to this account, king and people were all wicked: for neither one or other

did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by Jeremiah the prophet; neither those which were spoken in the former nor in the latter part of his reign, concerning the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans. This short count is given to show how just it was to give up such a prince and people to ruin.


 
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