Jeremiah 29:19

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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; behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
  • Jer 26:5 : 5 To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened;
  • Jer 32:33 : 33 And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
  • Jer 34:17 : 17 Therefore thus says the LORD: You have not listened to me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Jer 35:14-16 : 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: yet I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you have not listened to me. 15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me. 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command of their father, which he commanded them; but this people has not listened to me:
  • Jer 44:4-5 : 4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they did not listen, nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD. 5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.
  • Zech 7:11-13 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former prophets: therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
  • Jer 7:13 : 13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen; and I called you, but you did not answer;
  • Jer 7:24-26 : 24 But they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: 26 Yet they did not listen to me, nor incline their ear, but stiffened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
  • Jer 25:3-7 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that is the twenty-third year, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you have not listened. 4 And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, 'Turn now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers forever and ever: 6 And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.' 7 Yet you have not listened to Me, says the LORD; that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    4 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,

    5 To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened;

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    85%

    7 Yet you have not listened to Me, says the LORD; that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm.

    8 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Because you have not heard My words,

  • Jer 25:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that is the twenty-third year, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you have not listened.

    4 And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

  • Jer 35:15
    82%

    15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

  • Jer 29:20
    81%

    20 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  • Jer 35:17
    80%

    17 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    80%

    19 Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

  • Jer 19:15
    78%

    15 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

  • Jer 27:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14 Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

    15 For I have not sent them, says the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.

    16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the LORD; Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

  • Jer 7:13
    78%

    13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen; and I called you, but you did not answer;

  • Zech 7:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12 Yes, they made their hearts like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts sent in His Spirit by the former prophets: therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.

    13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:

  • Jer 7:25-27
    3 verses
    77%

    25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

    26 Yet they did not listen to me, nor incline their ear, but stiffened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

    27 Therefore you shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

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    77%

    9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD.

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    21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

    22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.

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    2 verses
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    4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.

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

  • Jer 9:13
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    13 And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it;

  • Jer 11:10-11
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    76%

    10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

    11 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

  • Jer 29:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

    18 And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence, and will deliver them to be moved to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them.

  • Jer 29:15
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    15 Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.'

  • Jer 6:19
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    19 Hear, O earth; behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  • Zech 1:4
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    4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD.

  • Jer 35:13
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    13 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says the LORD.

  • Jer 37:2
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    2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD, which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

  • Jer 11:8
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    8 Yet they did not obey nor incline their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart. Therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do.

  • 2 Kgs 21:10
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    10 And the LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

  • Jer 6:10
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    10 To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  • Jer 32:33
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    33 And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.

  • Jer 6:17
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    17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.

  • Jer 37:19
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    19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

  • Jer 14:15
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    15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.

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    8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

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    29 Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, says the LORD.

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    24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention;

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  • Neh 9:30
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    30 Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

  • Jer 36:31
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    31 And I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen.