Jeremiah 7:24

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But they were not obedient, they inclined not their eares there vnto: but went after their owne imaginations, and after the motions of their owne wicked heart, and so turned them selues away, and conuerted not vnto me.

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  • Deut 29:19 : 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe, he blesse hym selfe in his heart, saying: I shall haue peace, I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart: to put the drunken to the thirstie.
  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not obey me. 12 So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations.
  • Jer 7:26 : 26 Yet woulde they not hearken nor offer me their eares, but were obstinate, and worse then their fathers.
  • Jer 8:5 : 5 Wherefore then is this people of Hierusalem gone so farre backe, that they turne not againe? They are euer the longer the more obstinate, and wyll not be conuerted.
  • Ezek 20:13 : 13 And yet the house of Israel rebelled agaynst me in the wildernesse, they woulde not walke in my statutes, they haue cast away my iudgementes, which whoso doth shall lyue in them, and my Sabbath dayes haue they greatly polluted: then I sayde, I woulde powre out mine indignation vpon them, and consume them in the wildernesse.
  • Ezek 20:21 : 21 Notwithstandyng, their sonnes rebelled agaynst me also, they walked not in my statutes, they kept not my iudgementes to fulfyll them, which he that doth shall liue in them, they prophaned my Sabbath dayes: and I sayde, I woulde powre out mine indignation ouer them, and accomplishe my wrath vpon them in the wildernesse.
  • Hos 4:16 : 16 For Israel is rebellious like an vnrulye heysfer: nowe the Lorde wyll feede them as a lambe in a large place.
  • Jer 11:7-8 : 7 For I haue diligently exhorted your fathers, euer since the tyme that I brought them out of the lande of Egypt vnto this day, I gaue them warning be times, saying: hearken vnto my voyce. 8 Neuerthelesse, they would not obey me, nor encline their eares vnto me: but folowed the wicked imaginations of their owne heartes, and therefore I haue brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenaunt that I gaue them to kepe, which they notwithstanding haue not kept.
  • Jer 15:6 : 6 Seing thou goest from me, and turnest backwarde, saith the Lorde: therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande against thee to destroy thee, and I haue ben sorie for thee so long that I am weerie.
  • Jer 23:17 : 17 They say vnto them that despise me, The Lorde hath spoken it, tushe, ye shall prosper right well: and vnto all them that walke after the lust of their owne heart, they say, tushe, there shall no misfortune happen you.
  • Jer 32:33 : 33 When I stoode vp early and taught them, and instructed them, they turned their backes to me, and not their faces,
  • Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they rebelled against me, and woulde not hearken vnto me, they dyd not cast away euery man the abhominations of his eyes, neither dyd they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said I woulde powre out mine indignation ouer them, and accomplishe my wrath vpon them, yea euen in the middest of the lande of Egypt.
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 For they say to a stocke, Thou art my father, & to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: yea they haue turned their backe vpon me, and not their face: but in the tyme of their trouble, when they say, stande vp and helpe vs:
  • Jer 3:17 : 17 Then shall Hierusalem be called the Lordes seate, and all heathen shalbe gathered vnto it for the name of the Lordes sake which shalbe set vp at Hierusalem: And from that tyme foorth they shall folowe no more the imagination of their owne frowarde heart.
  • Exod 32:7-8 : 7 And the Lord sayd vnto Moyses: Go get thee downe, thy people which thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypt, hath marred all. 8 They are turned quickly out of the way whiche I commaunded them: for they haue made them a calfe of moulten mettall, and haue worshipped it, and haue offred thervnto, saying: These be thy goddes O Israel, whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt.
  • Neh 9:29 : 29 And testifiedst vnto them, that thou mightest bring them againe vnto thy lawe: Notwithstanding, they were proude, and hearkened not vnto thy commaundementes, but sinned in thy lawes, which if a man do, he shall lyue in them: and turned the shoulder away, and were stiffenecked, and would not heare.
  • Neh 9:16-20 : 16 But they and our fathers were proud and hardnecked, so that they folowed not thy commaundementes: 17 And woulde not obey, neither were mindeful of the wonders that thou diddest for the: but hardened their neckes, and had in their heades to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: But thou O God of mercies, gracious, and full of compassion, of long suffering, and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not. 18 Moreouer, when they had made them a moulten calfe, and saide. This is thy God that brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, and did blasphemies: 19 Yet forsookest thou them not in the wildernesse, according to thy great mercies: And the cloudy piller departed not from them on the day time to leade the the way, neither the piller of fire in the night season, to shewe them light in the way by which they should go. 20 And thou gauest them thy good spirite to enfourme them, and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth, and gauest them water when they were thirstie.
  • Ps 106:7-9 : 7 Our fathers did not well consider thy wonders in Egypt, neither did they remember thy manifolde great goodnes: but they rebelled at the sea, euen at the red sea. 8 Neuerthelesse, he saued them for his names sake: that he myght make his power to be knowen. 9 And he rebuked the red sea, and it was dryed vp: so he led them through the deepe, as through a wyldernesse. 10 And he saued them from the hande of suche as hated them: & redeemed them from the hande of the enemie. 11 As for their aduersaries the waters ouerwhelmed them: there was not one of them left remayning. 12 Then beleued they his wordes: and song prayse vnto him. 13 But within a very short whyle they forgat his workes: they woulde not wayte for his counsell. 14 And they were taken with a great lust in the wyldernesse: and they tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gaue them their desire: and sent leannes withal into their soule. 16 They enuied also at Moyses in the tentes: and at Aaron the saint of God. 17 So the earth opened and swalowed vp Dathan: and couered the company of Abiram. 18 And the fire was kindled in their company: the flambe brent vp the vngodly. 19 They made a calfe in Horeb: and worshipped the moulten image. 20 Thus they turned their glory: into the similitude of a calfe that eateth hay. 21 They forgat God their sauiour, who had done so great thynges in Egypt: 22 wonderous workes in ye land of Cham, and terrible thinges at the red sea. 23 Wherfore he appointed to destroy them, had not Moyses his chosen stand in the breache before hym: to turne away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them. 24 Yea they thought scorne of the lande most to be desired: they gaue no credite vnto his worde. 25 But they murmured in their tentes: they would not hearken vnto the voyce of God. 26 Then lift he vp his hand against them, to geue them an ouerthrowe in the wildernesse: 27 to geue their seede an ouerthrowe amongst the nations, and to scatter them in sundry landes. 28 They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor: they also did eate of the sacrifices of the dead. 29 And they prouoked the Lorde vnto anger with their owne inuentions: and a plague fell mightily amongst them. 30 Then stoode vp Phinehes, he executed iustice: and so the plague ceassed. 31 And that was imputed vnto hym for righteousnesse: in generation and generation for euermore. 32 They also prouoked God at the waters of strife: and all was not well with Moyses for their sakes. 33 For they had caused an alteration to be of his spirite: so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes. 34 Moreouer, they destroyed not the Heathen: as God commaunded them. 35 But they were mingled amongst the Heathen: and learned their workes. 36 Insomuch that they dyd seruice vnto their idols: whiche were to the a snare. 37 Yea they sacrifised their sonnes: and their daughters vnto deuils. 38 And they shed innocent blood, euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters: whom they sacrifised vnto the idols of Chanaan, and the lande was defiled with blood. 39 Thus were they stayned with their owne workes: and went a whoryng with their owne inuentions. 40 Therfore was the wrath of God kindeled against his people: insomuch that he abhorred his owne inheritaunce. 41 And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen: and they that dyd hate them, were lordes ouer them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them: and brought them into subiection vnder their hande. 43 Many a time dyd God deliuer them, but they rebelled against hym with their owne inuentions: and were brought downe for their wickednes. 44 Neuerthelesse, he did beholde them in their aduersitie: in geuing eare to their complaint. 45 And he remembred his couenaunt: and repented, according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 Yea he made all those that led them away captiue: to pitie them. 47 Saue vs O God our Lorde, and gather vs from among the Heathen: that we may geue thankes to thy holy name, and glory of thy prayse. 48 Blessed be God the Lord of Israel from world to world without end: and let all people say, so be it. Prayse ye the Lord.
  • Ezek 20:16 : 16 And that because they cast away my iudgementes and walked not in my statutes: but haue defiled my Sabbathes: for their heart was gone after their idols.

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    23Howbeit they obeyed me not, neither hearkened they vnto me: but were obstinate & stubburne, and neither obeyed me, nor receaued my correction.

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  • 2 Kgs 17:14-15
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