Jeremiah 29:19

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I will do this because they have not listened to my words—this is the LORD's declaration—that I sent to them again and again through my servants the prophets. And you also have not listened—this is the LORD's declaration.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Because they have not heeded my words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you would not hear, says the LORD.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    because they have not hearkened{H8085} to my words,{H1697} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} wherewith I sent{H7971} unto them my servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} rising up early{H7925} and sending{H7971} them; but ye would not hear,{H8085} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Because they have not hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} to my words{H1697}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, which I sent{H7971}{(H8804)} unto them by my servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}, rising up early{H7925}{(H8687)} and sending{H7971}{(H8800)} them; but ye would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & that because they haue not bene obedient vnto my commaundementes, (saieth the LORDE) which I sent vnto them by my seruauntes the prophetes. I stode vp early, and sent vnto them, but they wolde not heare, saieth the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Because they haue not hearde my words, saith the Lorde, which I sent vnto them by my seruantes the Prophetes, rising vp earely, and sending them, but yee woulde not heare, saith the Lorde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And that because they haue not ben obedient vnto my commaundementes saith the Lord, which I sent vnto them by my seruauntes the prophetes: I stoode vp early and sent vnto them, but they woulde not heare, saith the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Because that they have not hearkened unto My words -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- that I sent unto them by My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and ye hearkened not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    because they have not listened to my words, says Yahweh, with which I sent to them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ says the LORD.‘And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 6:19 : 19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to My words and have rejected My law.
  • Jer 26:5 : 5 ...and listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have persistently sent to you (though you have not listened),
  • Jer 32:33 : 33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them persistently, they refused to listen or accept correction.
  • Jer 34:17 : 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each one to his brother and to his neighbor. So now, I proclaim freedom for you, declares the Lord—freedom to the sword, to plague, and to famine. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Jer 35:14-16 : 14 The words of Jonadab, son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, have been upheld to this day. They have obeyed their ancestor's command. But I have spoken to you persistently, and you have not listened to Me. 15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me. 16 Surely the sons of Jonadab, son of Rechab, have kept the command their ancestor gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
  • Jer 44:4-5 : 4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.' 5 But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness and to stop burning incense to other gods.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever? 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
  • Zech 7:11-13 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts. 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
  • Jer 7:13 : 13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,
  • Jer 7:24-26 : 24 But they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, they walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts. They went backward, not forward. 25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again. 26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.
  • Jer 25:3-7 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day—these twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you repeatedly, but you have not listened. 4 The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear. 5 They said, 'Turn now, each of you, from your evil way and from your evil actions. Dwell in the land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve them or worship them. Do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; then I will not bring disaster upon you.' 7 But you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, and you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 26:4-5
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    4 And you shall say to them, 'The LORD says: If you do not listen to Me and follow My law which I have set before you...

    5 ...and listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have persistently sent to you (though you have not listened),

  • Jer 25:7-8
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    7 But you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, and you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.

    8 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Because you have not listened to my words—

  • Jer 25:3-4
    2 verses
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    3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, until this very day—these twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you repeatedly, but you have not listened.

    4 The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.

  • 15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.

  • 20 So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  • 17 Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster I have spoken against them because I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.'

  • 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen.

  • 15 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring upon this city and all its surrounding towns all the disaster I pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks and refused to listen to My words.

  • Jer 27:14-16
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    14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies to you.

    15 For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, yet they prophesy lies in my name, so that I might drive you out, and you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.

    16 Then I said to the priests and all this people: This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘The articles of the LORD’s house will soon be returned from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you.

  • 13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,

  • Zech 7:12-13
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    12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.

    13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.

  • Jer 7:25-27
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    25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again.

    26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.

    27 When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer you.

  • 9 For they are prophesying falsely in my name. I have not sent them, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 23:21-22
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    21 I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

    22 But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.

  • Jer 44:4-5
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    4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'

    5 But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness and to stop burning incense to other gods.

  • 13 Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

  • Jer 11:10-11
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    10 They have turned back to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors.

    11 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’

  • Jer 29:17-18
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    17 this is what the LORD of Armies says: 'I am about to send against them the sword, famine, and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.'

    18 I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an object of astonishment, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I have banished them.

  • 15 Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,'

  • 19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to My words and have rejected My law.

  • 4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.

  • 13 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “Will you not accept instruction and obey My words?” declares the LORD.

  • 2 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.

  • 8 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, each one followed the stubbornness of their own evil heart. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to obey but they did not.

  • 10 The LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying:

  • 10 To whom can I speak and give warning so they will listen? Their ears are closed, and they cannot pay attention. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they take no pleasure in it.

  • 33 They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them persistently, they refused to listen or accept correction.

  • 17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'

  • 19 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'?

  • 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end.

  • 8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • 6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

  • 29 Why do you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me,” declares the LORD.

  • 21 I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God or anything He has sent me to tell you.

  • 24 Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention,

  • 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'

  • 30 For many years, You were patient with them. You warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

  • 31 I will punish him, his descendants, and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the people of Judah, all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have not listened to me.