Jeremiah 44:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But they did not listen, nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But they hearkened{H8085} not, nor inclined{H5186} their ear{H241} to turn{H7725} from their wickedness,{H7451} to burn no incense{H6999} unto other{H312} gods.{H430}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But they hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not, nor inclined{H5186}{(H8689)} their ear{H241} to turn{H7725}{(H8800)} from their wickedness{H7451}, to burn no incense{H6999}{(H8763)} unto other{H312} gods{H430}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But they wolde not folowe ner herke, to turne from their wickednes, and to do nomore sacrifice vnto straunge goddes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But they would not heare nor incline their eare to turne from their wickednes, and to burne no more incense vnto other gods.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But they would not folowe nor hearken to turne from their wickednesse, & to do no more sacrifice vnto straunge gods.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But they didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, to turn back from their wickedness, not to make perfume to other gods,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But they didn't listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Ps 81:11-13 : 11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. 13 So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts to follow their own counsels.
  • Isa 48:4 : 4 Because I knew how stubborn you are, with your neck as iron sinew and your forehead like bronze,
  • Isa 48:18 : 18 If only you had paid attention to My commands, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
  • Jer 7:24 : 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.
  • Jer 11:8 : 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.
  • Jer 11:10 : 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.
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on their roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.
  • Jer 44:17-21 : 17 Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by sword and famine. 19 And when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured drink offerings to her, did we do it without our husbands’ approval? Were they not with us when we made cakes shaped like her and poured drink offerings to her? 20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both the men and the women, who had given him this answer: 21 Does the burning of incense you, your ancestors, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem not remain in the LORD's memory and come to his attention?
  • Zech 7:11-12 : 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.
  • Rev 2:21-22 : 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 Look, I will cast her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 44:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3 This happened because of their wickedness in provoking me to anger by burning incense and worshiping other gods—gods they, you, and your ancestors did not know.

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

  • 23 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear. They stiffened their necks and would not listen or take correction.

  • 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.

  • Jer 7:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 14 But they would not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks like their fathers who did not believe in the Lord their God.

  • 40 But they would not listen. Instead, they continued to act according to their former customs.

  • Zech 7:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • 25 Because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands, My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.'

  • 17 Yet they did not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. They turned quickly from the way their ancestors had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments. They did not do as their ancestors had done.

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

  • Jer 44:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 The word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.

    17 Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster.

  • 21 Does the burning of incense you, your ancestors, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem not remain in the LORD's memory and come to his attention?

  • 17 ‘Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore, My wrath is kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

  • 23 It is because you burned incense, sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in his law, decrees, or testimonies, that this disaster has come upon you, as it is today.

  • 10 To this day, they have not humbled themselves, nor have they feared me or walked in my law and my decrees that I set before you and your ancestors.

  • 75%

    11 There, on all the high places, they burned incense as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that provoked the Lord to anger.

    12 They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • Jer 11:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    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.’

    12 The cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but those gods will not save them in their time of disaster.

  • 16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.

  • 35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying Your abundant goodness and the spacious, fertile land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

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

  • 19 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.

  • 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.

  • 26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

  • 14 As for you, do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or petition for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me because of their disaster.

  • 4 Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Jer 25:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Jer 32:33-34
    2 verses
    74%

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

    34 They set up detestable idols in the house that bears My name and defiled it.

  • 7 They also shut the doors of the vestibule, extinguished the lamps, and did not burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

  • 8 You provoke me to anger with the works of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to live, so as to destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse and a disgrace among all the nations of the earth.

  • 26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book.

  • 10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

  • 27 Because they turned away from following Him and did not regard any of His ways,

  • 16 But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments.

  • 2 But the more they were called, the more they went away from them; they sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to the carved images.

  • 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.

  • 29 You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen.

  • 24 because they did not carry out my ordinances but rejected my statutes and profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols.

  • 6 So my fury and my anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, making them a desolate ruin, as they are today.

  • 12 This happened because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but violated His covenant—all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded. They neither listened nor carried it out.