Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth
New American Standard Bible
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that
King James Version
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
International Standard Version
You will say to them, "This is the nation that wouldn't listen to the voice of the LORD its God and wouldn't accept correction. Truth has perished; it has been eliminated from their discussions.'
A Conservative Version
And thou shall say to them, This is the nation that has not hearkened to the voice of LORD their God, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Amplified
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction and warning; truth and faithfulness have perished and have completely vanished from their mouths.
Bible in Basic English
And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation which hath not hearkened unto the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received correction; fidelity is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Julia Smith Translation
And say to them, This a nation that heard not to the voice of Jehovah its God, and they received not instruction: faithfulness perished, and was eat off from their mouth.
King James 2000
But you shall say unto them, This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"And you shall say to them, 'This [is] the nation that has not obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God, and they have not accepted discipline. The truth has perished, and it is cut off from their mouths.
Modern King James verseion
But you shall say to them, This is a nation which does not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, nor receives instruction; truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore shalt thou say unto them, 'This is the people, that neither heareth the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth his correction. Faithfulness and truth is clean rooted out of their mouth.
NET Bible
So tell them: 'This is a nation that has not obeyed the Lord their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore.
New Heart English Bible
You shall tell them, 'This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
But thou shalt say unto them, - This, is the nation that hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh its God, Neither accepted they correction, - Perished is fidelity, And is cut off out of their mouth.
Webster
But thou shalt say to them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth hath perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
World English Bible
You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast said unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth.
Themes
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to receive correction
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to receive correction
Interlinear
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'elohiym
Laqach
Muwcar
'emuwnah
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 7:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament For Disobedient Judah
27
“When you speak all these things to them, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer you.
28 You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 59:14-15
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.
Psalm 50:17
and turn your back on My words.
Proverbs 1:7
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Isaiah 1:4-5
people weighed down with iniquity,
brood of evildoers,
depraved children!
They have abandoned
they have despised
they have turned their backs on Him.
Jeremiah 2:30
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.
Jeremiah 5:1
Look and take note;
search in her squares.
If you find one person,
any who acts justly,
who seeks to be faithful,
then I will forgive her.
Jeremiah 5:3
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
Jeremiah 6:8
or I will turn away from you;
I will make you a desolation,
a land without inhabitants.
Jeremiah 6:29-30
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.
Jeremiah 9:3-8
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 32:33
They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them time and time again,
Hosea 4:1
for the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth,
and no knowledge of God
Micah 7:2-5
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.
Zephaniah 3:2
she has not accepted discipline.
She has not trusted
she has not drawn near to her God.
Zephaniah 3:7
and accept correction.
Then her dwelling place
would not be cut off
based on all that I had allocated to her.
However, they became more corrupt
in all their actions.