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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 26:4

"Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,

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,
Contemporary English Version
Tell them that I have said: You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings.
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 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 This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord early in the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah. 2 "This is what the Lord says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the Lord , and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word. 3 Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will change my mind about the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins. 4 "Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you, 5 and if you will not listen to my servants, the prophets—for I sent them again and again to warn you, but you would not listen to them— 6 then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'"

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
And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
Genesis 15:5
Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, "Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That's how many descendants you will have!"
Genesis 15:18
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
Genesis 18:18
"For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Genesis 26:2
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
Genesis 26:3
Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
Genesis 26:4
I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
Genesis 26:8
But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.
Genesis 26:17
So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.
Genesis 26:18
He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given 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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