THEOSISJeremiah 25:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the Lord hath sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and you have not hearkened, nor inclined your ears to hear.
וְשָׁלַח֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם אֶֽת־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֧יו הַנְּבִאִ֛ים הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־הִטִּיתֶ֥ם אֶֽת־אָזְנְכֶ֖ם לִשְׁמֹֽעַ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 25:3From the thirteenth year of Josias the son of Ammon king of Juda until this day: this is the three and twentieth year, the word of the Lord hath come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising before day, and speaking, and you have not hearkened.
- Jer 26:5To give ear to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent to you rising up early: and sending, and you have not hearkened:
- Jer 44:4And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early, and sending, and saying: Do not commit this abominable thing, which I hate.
- Jer 44:5But they heard not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their evil ways, and not to sacrifice to strange gods.
- Jer 18:12And they said; We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.
- Jer 17:23But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.
- 2 Chr 36:15And the Lord the God of their fathers sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising early, and daily admonishing them: because he spared his people and his dwelling place.
- 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused the prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and there was no remedy.