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THE MESSAGE

Jeremiah 37:2

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

1King Zedekiah son of Josiah, a puppet king set on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the land of Judah, was now king in place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. But neither he nor his officials nor the people themselves paid a bit of attention to the Message God gave by Jeremiah the prophet. 3 However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pray for us—pray hard!—to the Master, our God ." 4Jeremiah was still moving about freely among the people in those days. This was before he had been put in jail. Pharaoh's army was marching up from Egypt. The Chaldeans fighting against Jerusalem heard that the Egyptians were coming and pulled back. 6Then Jeremiah the prophet received this Message from God : "I, the God of Israel, want you to give this Message to the king of Judah, who has just sent you to me to find out what he should do. Tell him, ‘Get this: Pharaoh's army, which is on its way to help you, isn't going to stick it out. No sooner will they get here than they'll leave and go home to Egypt. And then the Babylonians will come back and resume their attack, capture this city and burn it to the ground. I, God , am telling you: Don't kid yourselves, reassuring one another, "The Babylonians will leave in a few days." I tell you, they aren't leaving. Why, even if you defeated the entire attacking Chaldean army and all that was left were a few wounded soldiers in their tents, the wounded would still do the job 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 5:1
This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race.
Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 10:1
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she wasn't having any more children, she gave her maid Zilpah to Jacob for a wife. Zilpah had a son for Jacob. Leah said, "How fortunate!" and she named him Gad (Lucky). When Leah's maid Zilpah had a second son for Jacob, Leah said, "A happy day! The women will congratulate me in my happiness." So she named him Asher (Happy).
Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat their supper. Looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites on their way from Gilead, their camels loaded with spices, ointments, and perfumes to sell in Egypt. Judah said, "Brothers, what are we going to get out of killing our brother and concealing the evidence? Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let's not kill him—he is, after all, our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed.
1 Corinthians 1:11
I bring this up because some from Chloe's family brought a most disturbing report to my attention—that you're fighting among yourselves! I'll tell you exactly what I was told: You're all picking sides, going around saying, "I'm on Paul's side," or "I'm for Apollos," or "Peter is my man," or "I'm in the Messiah group."
1 Corinthians 5:1
I also received a report of scandalous sex within your church family, a kind that wouldn't be tolerated even outside the church: One of your men is sleeping with his stepmother. And you're so above it all that it doesn't even faze you! Shouldn't this break your hearts? Shouldn't it bring you to your knees in tears? Shouldn't this person and his conduct be confronted and dealt with?

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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